discommend

[ dis-kuh-mend ]

verb (used with object)

1. to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
2. to bring into disfavor:

   He was discommended for his negligence.

discommend

/ ˌdɪskəˈmɛnd /

verb

1. rare.
   to express disapproval of
2. obsolete.
   to bring into disfavour

Derived Forms

• ˌdiscomˈmendable, adjective
• disˌcommenˈdation, noun

Other Words From

• discom·mender noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of discommend¹

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

Example Sentences

Yet I would not have you to beleeve, tho I so much discommend it, that it is no waies usefully profitable.

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Who else shall discommend her choice, I giving it my hearty voice?

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No, no, it is impossible; but your ladyship can't discommend his unwillingness to depart from his fee.

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There is, I suppose, hardly a book which one ought to discommend to the young person more than La Religieuse.

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Discommend a boy, and you discourage him; but commend him, and it will spur him on.

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Related Words

• decry
• denounce
• deplore
• dislike
• oppose
• reject
• veto