noun
definition
Cold treatment; disapprobation.
verb
definition
To have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove of.
definition
To abash, embarrass or disconcert.
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To refuse countenance or support to; to discourage.
Examples of discountenance in a Sentence
Brand had been far too sagacious to be led away by this pseudo-nationalist dream, and did his utmost to discountenance the Bond.
They are rigid non-resistants, and will not bear arms or study the art of war; they refuse to take oaths, and discountenance going to law over issues that can possibly be settled out of the courts.
A reaction against Lollardy, however, had already begun in the days of Henry IV., and both he and his son felt obliged to discountenance opinions which were believed to be politically and theologically dangerous.
This dread of pestilence, united with a puritanic hatred of plays, made the citizens do all they could to discountenance theatrical entertainments.