discountenance
vt . 使丢脸,使蒙羞,使慌张
n . 不赞成,反对
使丢脸,使蒙羞,使慌张不赞成,反对
discountenance v 1 :
look with disfavor on ; "
The republic soon discountenanced its few friends "
2 :
show disapproval by discouraging ; "
any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced "
Discountenance \
Dis *
coun "
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nance \,
n .
Unfavorable aspect ;
unfriendly regard ;
cold treatment ;
disapprobation ;
whatever tends to check or discourage .
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He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit . --
Clarendon .
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Discountenance \
Dis *
coun "
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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 .
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How would one look from his majestic brow . . .
Discountenance her despised ! --
Milton .
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The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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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 .
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A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot .
--
Bancroft .
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
discountenance ":
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
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