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discommend
[ dis-kuh-mend ]
verb (used with object)
- to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
- to bring into disfavor:
He was discommended for his negligence.
discommend
/ ˌdɪskəˈmɛnd /
verb
- rare.to express disapproval of
- obsolete.to bring into disfavour
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Derived Forms
- disˌcommenˈdation, noun
- ˌdiscomˈmendable, adjective
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Other Words From
- discom·mender noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of discommend1
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Example Sentences
Yet I would not have you to beleeve, tho I so much discommend it, that it is no waies usefully profitable.
Who else shall discommend her choice, I giving it my hearty voice?
No, no, it is impossible; but your ladyship can't discommend his unwillingness to depart from his fee.
There is, I suppose, hardly a book which one ought to discommend to the young person more than La Religieuse.
Discommend a boy, and you discourage him; but commend him, and it will spur him on.
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