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Meaning of discountenance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
dɪsˈkaʊntənəns

Definitions

Cold treatment; disapprobation.

uncountable

Examples

“Highly tenacious of preserving over the mind of Sir Aubrey an undisputed sway, Lady De Brooke had seen with great reluctance the ascendency his grand-daughters were acquiring, which she artfully hoped to repress by throwing discountenance on the visits of their father,[…]”

CEFR level

C2
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See also

discountenancer Discounter Discounting Discounts Discourage Discouraged

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