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discountenance - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'discountenance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Discountenance [ n.]
- Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
2 . Discountenance [ v. t.]
- To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
- To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.

Meaning of 'discountenance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . discountenance [ v]
Meaning (1):
- show disapproval by discouraging
Example in sentence:
  • any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
Meaning (2):
- look with disfavor on
Example in sentence:
  • The republic soon discountenanced its few friends