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discountenance
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dis·coun·te·nance  (ds-kount-nns)
tr.v. dis·coun·te·nanced, dis·coun·te·nanc·ing, dis·coun·te·nanc·es
1. To view or treat with disfavor.
2. To put out of countenance; disconcert.
n.
Disfavor or disapproval.
discountenance
Verb
[-nancing, -nanced] to make (someone) ashamed or confused
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Verb1.discountenance - look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
shame - cause to be ashamed
2.discountenance - show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"
disapprove - consider bad or wrong


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