VERB | emotion | discountenance | look with disfavor on |
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cognition | discountenance | show disapproval by discouraging / discouraging |
Meaning | look with disfavor on. | |
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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. | |
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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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