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单词 discommend
释义

discommend

[ dis-kuh-mend ]
/ ˌdɪs kəˈmɛnd /
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verb (used with object)

to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
to bring into disfavor: He was discommended for his negligence.

Origin of discommend

First recorded in 1485–95; dis-1 + commend

OTHER WORDS FROM discommend

dis·com·mend·er, noun

Words nearby discommend

discombobulate, discomfit, discomfiture, discomfort, discomfortable, discommend, discommode, discommodity, discommon, discompose, discomposure
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Example sentences from the Web for discommend

  • Discommend a boy, and you discourage him; but commend him, and it will spur him on.

    The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
  • There is, I suppose, hardly a book which one ought to discommend to the young person more than La Religieuse.

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1|George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for discommend

discommend
/ (ˌdɪskəˈmɛnd) /

verb (tr)

rare to express disapproval of
obsolete to bring into disfavour

Derived forms of discommend

discommendable, adjectivediscommendation, noun
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