discountenance (English, verb)
expansion: discountenance (third-person singular simple present discountenances, present participle discountenancing, simple past and past participle discountenanced)
Senses:
glosses: To have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove of.
tags: transitive
glosses: To abash, embarrass or disconcert.
tags: transitive
glosses: To refuse countenance or support to; to discourage.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: discountenances
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: discountenancing
tags: participle
present
form: discountenanced
tags: participle
past
form: discountenanced
tags: past