Discountenance — definition

1. discountenance (Verb)

2 definitions

discountenance (Verb) — Look with disfavour on. ex. "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"

discountenance (Verb) — Show disapproval by discouraging. ex. "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"

2 types of
disapprove shame