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discountenancenoun refusal to accept as right or desirablemade known his long-standing discountenance of any form of religious belief deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, displeasure disrelish, distasterejection, thumbs-downblame, censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, dispraise, opprobrium, reprehension, reproach, reprobationantagonism, antipathy, hostilitybelittlement, disparagement, objection, opposition approbation, approval, favor acclaim, commendation, praiseendorsement(also indorsement), sanction, thumbs-upempathy, sympathy to hold an unfavorable opinion ofa social philosopher who discountenanced all programs for helping the needy, claiming that society should encourage survival of the fittest deprecate, disapprove (of), disesteem, disfavor, dislike, frown (on or upon), mislike, reprove, tsk-tsk, tut (over or about), tut-tut (over or about) disrelish, object (to), pooh-pooh(also pooh), reject, reprehend, reprobate, scorncensure, condemn, criticize, denounce, discommendchide, rebuke, reproach, scold look down one's nose (on) approve, favor, like endorse(also indorse), sanction, supportadore, delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), love, relish, revel (in) to throw into a state of self-conscious distressthe political party was discountenanced by the actions of a few of its overly zealous members abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, put off, put out, unhinge, unsettle, upsetdebase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, queer, shame calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothebuoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, heartenassure, reassure in 1579 |