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DISCOUNTENANCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show disapproval by discouraging

Example:

any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "discountenance" is one way to...):

disapprove (consider bad or wrong)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Look with disfavor on

Example:

The republic soon discountenanced its few friends

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "discountenance" is one way to...):

shame (cause to be ashamed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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