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discountenance

/ discountenance /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
show disapproval by discouraging
"any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
Type of:
disapprove
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
look with disfavor on
"The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
Type of:
shame
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
26%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
2
Times Searched
3
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disapprove shame