Associations to the word «Discountenance»
Wiktionary
DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. To have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove of.
DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. To abash, embarrass or disconcert.
Dictionary definition
DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. Look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends".
DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. Show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.