| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb discountenance.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (discountenance) | 1. Look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends".[Wordnet]. 2. Show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced".[Wordnet]. 3. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.[Websters]. 4. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.[Websters]. 5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: discountenancing, discountenanced, discountenances, discountenancer, discountenancers, discountenancingly and discountenancedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DISCOUNTENANCING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISCOUNTENANCING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Abashing; discouraging; checking by disapprobation or unfriendly regards. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
