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discountenance

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14 lettersPronunciation /dɪsˈkaʊntənəns/Part of speech verbSorted accdeeinnnostuStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. show disapproval by discouraging

Word origin

From Middle French descontenancer (compare French décontenancer).

Used in a sentence

  • A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot.
  • So far from friendship being an institution whose value is recognised and understood, it is at best scantily acknowledged, and is often actually discountenanced and misunderstood.
  • Mr Macgregor stiffened at the word 'nigger', which is discountenanced in India.

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