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.
RELATED WORDS
balk, protest, criticize, oppose, complain, veto, denounce, decry, reject, dislike, deplore, discountenance, grouse, dissent, disapprove, cross, rant, rave, tangle, crab
Nearby words
- discombobulated,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- discomfort,
- discomfortable,
- discommode,
- discommodity,
- discommon,
- discompose,
- discomposure
Origin of discommend
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Examples from the Web for discommend
Discommend a boy, and you discourage him; but commend him, and it will spur him on.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander HislopThere 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
discommend
verb (tr)
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