discountenance
Cold treatment; disapprobationCold treatment; disapprobation.
/dɪsˈkaʊntənəns/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Cold treatment; disapprobation.
Origin
From Middle French descontenancer (compare French décontenancer).From Middle French descontenancer (compare French décontenancer).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.