discountenance
discountenance
nounDefinition of DISCOUNTENANCE
refusal to accept as right or desirable <made known his long-standing discountenance of any form of religious belief>
Related Words disrelish, distaste; rejection, thumbs-down; blame, censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, dispraise, opprobrium, reprehension, reproach, reprobation; antagonism, antipathy, hostility; belittlement, disparagement, objection, opposition
Near Antonyms acclaim, commendation, praise; endorsement (also indorsement), sanction, thumbs-up; empathy, sympathy
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