discommend
[verb]
Synonyms: disapprove, deprecate, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, frown, object

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Antonyms: commend, recommend
Contrasted words: approve, endorse, sanction
Related Words: admonish, criticize, reprehend, censure

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

discommend verb. [dɪskǝ'mɛnd] LME.
[from DIS- 2 + COMMEND verb.]
1. verb trans. & intrans. Find fault (with), express disapproval (of). LME.

2. verb trans. Speak dissuasively of; advise against the use etc. of. M16.

3. verb trans. Cause to be received or looked on unfavourably. Now rare or obsolete. L16.

■ discommendable adjective (a) worthy of censure; (b) not to be recommended: E16.

■ dis,commen'dation noun the action or an act of discommending L16.

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