'Discountenance' definitions:
Definition of 'discountenance'
From: WordNet
verb
Look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
verb
Show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
Definition of 'Discountenance'
From: GCIDE
- Discountenance \Dis*coun"te*nance\, n. Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. [1913 Webster]
- He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Discountenance'
From: GCIDE
- Discountenance \Dis*coun"te*nance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing.] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. d['e]contenancer.]
- 1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. [1913 Webster]
- How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discountenance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abash,
- abashment,
- baffle,
- balk,
- be against,
- be agin,
- blast,
- brave,
- chagrin,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- confound,
- confront,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- dash,
- defeat,
- defy,
- deprecate,
- destroy,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- discommend,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- elude,
- embarrassment,
- faze,
- flummox,
- foil,
- frown,
- frustrate,
- knock the chocks,
- mortification,
- nonplus,
- not abide,
- not bear with,
- not brook,
- not condone,
- not countenance,
- not endure,
- not hold with,
- not stand for,
- not suffer,
- not tolerate,
- object,
- perplex,
- rattle,
- reproach,
- reprove,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stump,
- thwart,
- upset