Associations to the word «Discountenance»

Wiktionary

DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. To have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove of.
DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. To abash, embarrass or disconcert.

Dictionary definition

DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. Look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends".
DISCOUNTENANCE, verb. Show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced".

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery