DISCOUNTENANCE


Meaning of DISCOUNTENANCE in English

v. 25B6; verb

she was not discountenanced by the accusation : DISCONCERT, discomfit, unsettle, nonplus, throw/catch off balance, take aback, unnerve, disorient, perturb, disturb, perplex, fluster, ruffle, shake, upset, agitate, worry, dismay, discompose, abash; informal throw, faze, rattle; N. Amer. informal discombobulate.

a family environment in which alcohol consumption is discountenanced : DISAPPROVE OF, frown on, take a dim view of, object to.

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