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discountenance vt. 使丢脸,使蒙羞,使慌张
n. 不赞成,反对 使丢脸,使蒙羞,使慌张不赞成,反对 discountenance v 1: look with disfavor on; " The republic soon discountenanced its few friends" 2: show disapproval by discouraging; " any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced" Discountenance \ Dis* coun" te* nance\, n. Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. [ 1913 Webster] He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. -- Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster]
Discountenance \ Dis* coun" te* nance\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Discountenanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Discountenancing}.] [ Pref. dis- countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. d[' e] contenancer.] 1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. [ 1913 Webster] How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one' s approval to; to give one' s influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. [ 1913 Webster] A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. -- Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster] 74 Moby Thesaurus words for " discountenance": abash, abashment, baffle, balk, be against, be agin, blast, brave, chagrin, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, confound, confront, confuse, confusion, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, defeat, defy, deprecate, destroy, discomfit, discomfiture, discommend, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disconcertment, disesteem, disfavor, dish, disrupt, distress, disturbance, elude, embarrassment, faze, flummox, foil, frown, frustrate, knock the chocks, mortification, nonplus, not abide, not bear with, not brook, not condone, not countenance, not endure, not hold with, not stand for, not suffer, not tolerate, object, perplex, rattle, reproach, reprove, ruin, sabotage, scotch, spike, spoil, stonewall, stump, thwart, upset
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