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DISCOUNTENANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does discountenance mean? 

DISCOUNTENANCE (verb)
  The verb DISCOUNTENANCE has 2 senses:

1. look with disfavor onplay

2. show disapproval by discouragingplay

  Familiarity information: DISCOUNTENANCE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISCOUNTENANCE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they discountenance  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it discountenances  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: discountenanced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: discountenanced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: discountenancing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Look with disfavor on

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

The republic soon discountenanced its few friends

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

shame (cause to be ashamed)

Sentence frames:

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


Sense 2

Meaning:

Show disapproval by discouraging

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

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

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

disapprove (consider bad or wrong)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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