DISCOMMEND


Meaning of DISCOMMEND in English

|dis+ transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English discommenden, from dis- (I) + commenden to commend — more at commend

1. : to mention with disapproval : disapprove

seldom discommend anything … or do it but moderately — Isaac Newton

I shall … commend and discommend this book — John o'London's Weekly

: dispraise — opposed to commend

2. : to speak of as not meriting consideration, adoption, or favor

the book is discommended to students

: cause to be viewed unfavorably

an act that discommends him to all honest men

— opposed to recommend

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