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Antonyms for creditable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kred-i-tuh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɛd ɪ tə bəl



Definition of creditable

Origin :
  • 1520s, from credit + -able. Related: Creditably; creditability.
  • adj praiseworthy
Example sentences :
  • Under fire you said a most courageous, womanly, creditable thing.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Jacob offered to leave the price to be named by any creditable watchmaker.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The Editor made a step forward, bowed with creditable steadiness.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • When the French police make a search, they do so with a creditable thoroughness.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • But I happened to know that the circumstances on her side were not creditable.
  • Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller
  • An odd thing is that intelligence is usually supposed to be creditable.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • "My name is Pooley," replied the other, with a creditable coolness.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • They were very orderly, and it is creditable to them that they were so.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
  • That's nothing against Pownall—creditable to him, I should say.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • With a feeling that was creditable to his own heart, he uttered her name, and the sum of £2000.
  • Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for creditable

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