discommend

[dis-kuh-mend]

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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.

Origin of discommend

First recorded in 1485–95; dis-¹ + commend

Related formsdis·com·mend·er, noun

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Related Words for discommend

balk, protest, criticize, oppose, complain, veto, denounce, decry, reject, dislike, deplore, discountenance, grouse, dissent, disapprove, cross, rant, rave, tangle, crab

Examples from the Web for discommend

Historical Examples of discommend

Discommend a boy, and you discourage him; but commend him, and it will spur him on.
The Proverbs of Scotland
Alexander Hislop
There is, I suppose, hardly a book which one ought to discommend to the young person more than La Religieuse.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1
George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for discommend

discommend

verb (tr)

rare to express disapproval of

obsolete to bring into disfavour

Derived Formsdiscommendable, adjectivediscommendation, noun

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