Meanings of throw discredit in inglês

They generally turn out badly and throw discredit on those who undertake them.

Even a younger son must not throw discredit on his family.

The Blodgett-Hannah Wild case is, I repeat, of a kind to throw discredit on the spiritualist hypothesis.

Would it not be natural, therefore, that you would try to throw discredit on him at this time?

The more they could throw discredit and obloquy upon the Maid of Orleans, the better their cause would seem.

This certificate was called forth by the celebrated attempt of Thomas Jefferson to throw discredit on the whole affair.

Beaufort would think that it was a plot not to gain him over, but to throw discredit upon him.

To have told the truth would have been to throw discredit on the army, and this he would not do.

His name, his lineage, his high position socially, all united to throw discredit on the grave suspicion that attached to him.

He would have been quite silent about it for prudence' sake, and in order not to throw discredit on his work.

But I warn you that I'll endure no more of this sort of thing, in your efforts to throw discredit on Dorothy's relationship with me!

Mr. Pitman's tone threw discredit on that possibility, but she knew perfectly well what she meant.

She had sworn that she had seen the three witnesses sign the codicil, and no one had then thrown discredit on her.

"I feel provoked with Lavinia and her husband for trying to throw discredit upon your statement."

The counsel for the prosecution then addressed the jury, and threw discredit upon Reuben's narrative; which, he said, was unsupported in any material particular.

"Through the barrack window!" repeated Peter, with an air intended to throw discredit on the whole story.