discountenanced是什么意思

2023-12-26 15:33:16

discountenanced

美[dɪskaʊntənəns] 英[dɪskaʊntɪnəns]

v. 使丢脸；使蒙羞；使慌张

n. 不赞成；反对

过去式：discountenanced 过去分词：discountenanced 现在分词：discountenancing 第三人称单数：discountenances

近义词：disapproval，rejection，

Verb

look with disfavor on;
"The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"
show disapproval by discouraging;
"any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"