discountenancing

present participle of discountenance
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for discountenancing
Verb
  • Clearly, the Times cannot be punished either for disliking him or for trying to defeat him.
    Stephen L. Carter, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Clearly, the Times cannot be punished either for disliking him or for trying to defeat him.
    Stephen L. Carter, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin, the heist spotlights embarrassing security failings at one of France’s most venerable institutions.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The New York Mets fell short of the postseason in embarrassing fashion last season, so this offseason is going to be more important than ever.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of criticizing yourself for not following through, get curious.
    Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Trump has argued the White House needs a large entertaining space, criticizing the past practice of presidents hosting state dinners and other large events in tents on the South Lawn.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This was out of respect for me, and also to avoid confusing the children.
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter is among those coaches expected to get real consideration in next year's head-coaching cycle, and his propensity for confusing young QBs is well known across the NFL.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Caleb MutuaVinícius Andrade BankingBankruptcy Top investment bank CEO says he was ‘defrauded’ by the bankruptcy that’s rattling Wall Street.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • McClung has almost singlehandedly revived the Slam Dunk Contest with his imaginative arsenal of rim-rattling highlights, but has yet to consistently crack an NBA rotation.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The code, though, is currently often replete with disconcerting troubles.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This detail, at once tragic and comic, painfully human and stupidly bureaucratic, captures something essential about Schattenfroh, an extremely dark novel about the horrors of modern European history laced with the delirious, disconcerting humor of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.
    Book Marks September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And that display from our fans was mortifying.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The people who have the most money and power are the first to give up, and, frankly, that should be mortifying for them.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Saft, not bothering to remove his sneakers, leaped onto a chair to place an ornate gold mirror over the mantelpiece.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Talk through what’s bothering you to gain a compassionate perspective.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Discountenancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discountenancing. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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