discountenance, v.
(discountenanced, discountenances, discountenancing)
(discountenanced, discountenances, discountenancing)
show disapproval by discouraging
<verb.cognition>
discountenance
sample sentences
"any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
look with disfavor on
<verb.emotion>
discountenance
sample sentences
"The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym