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discountenance
dis·coun·te·nance D0260100 (dĭs-koun′tə-nəns)tr.v. dis·coun·te·nanced, dis·coun·te·nanc·ing, dis·coun·te·nanc·es 1. To view or treat with disfavor.2. To put out of countenance; disconcert.n. Disfavor or disapproval.discountenance (dɪsˈkaʊntɪnəns) vb (tr) 1. to make ashamed or confused2. to disapprove ofndisapprovaldis•coun•te•nance (dɪsˈkaʊn tn əns)
v. -nanced, -nanc•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to disconcert, embarrass, or abash. 2. to show disapproval of. n. 3. disapproval; disapprobation. [1570–80] discountenance
Past participle: discountenanced
Gerund: discountenancing
| Imperative |
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| discountenance | | discountenance |
| Present |
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| I discountenance | | you discountenance | | he/she/it discountenances | | we discountenance | | you discountenance | | they discountenance |
| Preterite |
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| I discountenanced | | you discountenanced | | he/she/it discountenanced | | we discountenanced | | you discountenanced | | they discountenanced |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am discountenancing | | you are discountenancing | | he/she/it is discountenancing | | we are discountenancing | | you are discountenancing | | they are discountenancing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have discountenanced | | you have discountenanced | | he/she/it has discountenanced | | we have discountenanced | | you have discountenanced | | they have discountenanced |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was discountenancing | | you were discountenancing | | he/she/it was discountenancing | | we were discountenancing | | you were discountenancing | | they were discountenancing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had discountenanced | | you had discountenanced | | he/she/it had discountenanced | | we had discountenanced | | you had discountenanced | | they had discountenanced |
| Future |
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| I will discountenance | | you will discountenance | | he/she/it will discountenance | | we will discountenance | | you will discountenance | | they will discountenance |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have discountenanced | | you will have discountenanced | | he/she/it will have discountenanced | | we will have discountenanced | | you will have discountenanced | | they will have discountenanced |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be discountenancing | | you will be discountenancing | | he/she/it will be discountenancing | | we will be discountenancing | | you will be discountenancing | | they will be discountenancing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been discountenancing | | you have been discountenancing | | he/she/it has been discountenancing | | we have been discountenancing | | you have been discountenancing | | they have been discountenancing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been discountenancing | | you will have been discountenancing | | he/she/it will have been discountenancing | | we will have been discountenancing | | you will have been discountenancing | | they will have been discountenancing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been discountenancing | | you had been discountenancing | | he/she/it had been discountenancing | | we had been discountenancing | | you had been discountenancing | | they had been discountenancing |
| Conditional |
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| I would discountenance | | you would discountenance | | he/she/it would discountenance | | we would discountenance | | you would discountenance | | they would discountenance |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have discountenanced | | you would have discountenanced | | he/she/it would have discountenanced | | we would have discountenanced | | you would have discountenanced | | they would have discountenanced |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | discountenance - look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"shame - cause to be ashamed | | 2. | discountenance - show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"disapprove - consider bad or wrong |
discountenanceverb1. To have or express an unfavorable opinion of:deprecate, disapprove, disesteem, disfavor, frown on (or upon), object.Idioms: hold no brief for, not go for, take a dim view of, take exception to.2. To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed:abash, chagrin, confound, confuse, discomfit, discomfort, disconcert, embarrass, faze, mortify.Idioms: put on the spot, throw for a loop.discountenance
Related to discountenance: saboteur, disparage, despotismSynonyms for discountenanceverb to have or express an unfavorable opinion ofSynonyms- deprecate
- disapprove
- disesteem
- disfavor
- frown on
- object
verb to cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressedSynonyms- abash
- chagrin
- confound
- confuse
- discomfit
- discomfort
- disconcert
- embarrass
- faze
- mortify
Words related to discountenanceverb look with disfavor onRelated Wordsverb show disapproval by discouragingRelated Words |