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discountenance
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of DISCOUNTENANCE
1
to hold an unfavorable opinion of <a social philosopher who discountenanced all programs for helping the needy, claiming that society should encourage survival of the fittest>
Synonyms deprecate, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, frown (on or upon), mislike, reprove, tsk-tsk, tut (over or about), tut-tut (over or about)
Related Words disrelish, object (to), pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject, reprehend, reprobate, scorn; censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, discommend; chide, rebuke, reproach, scold
2
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress <the political party was discountenanced by the actions of a few of its overly zealous members>
Synonyms abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
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