Discountenance

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To view or treat with disfavor.
  • v. To put out of countenance; disconcert.
  • n. Disfavor or disapproval.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove
  • v. To abash, embarrass or disconcert
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
  • v. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.
  • n. Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put out of countenance; put to shame; abash.
  • To set the countenance against; show disapprobation of; hence, to discourage, check, or restrain: as, to discountenance the use of wine; to discountenance the frivolities of the age.
  • n. Cold treatment; unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. look with disfavor on
  • v. show disapproval by discouraging
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shame    disapprove   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discourage    disapprobation    abash    condemn   
    Same Context
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