Discountenance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌdɪsˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns|
Brit.
|dɪsˈkaʊntɪnəns|
verb
- look with disfavor on
The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
- show disapproval by discouragingany measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced
Extra examples
...a social philosopher who discountenanced all programs for helping the needy, claiming that society should encourage survival of the fittest...
...the political party was discountenanced by the actions of a few of its overly zealous members...
...made known his long-standing discountenance of any form of religious belief...
The republic soon discountenanced its few friends
Current translation version is made automatically.
You can suggest your own version.
Changes will take effect after the administrator approves them.
Original text in English:
Our translation to English:
Community translations to English:
This feature is allowed to authorized users only.
Please, register on our website at registration page. After registration you can log in and use that feature.
Please, register on our website at registration page. After registration you can log in and use that feature.
