| VERB | emotion | discountenance | look with disfavor on |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | discountenance | show disapproval by discouraging / discouraging |
| Meaning | look with disfavor on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends" | |
| Broader | shame | Cause to be ashamed |
| Spanish | desaprobar | |
| Meaning | show disapproval by discouraging / discouraging. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced" | |
| Broader | disapprove | Consider bad / bad or wrong |
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