abash, brave, confuse, cross, discomfiture, disfavor, faze, nonplus, not hold with, reproach, stonewall
Definitionv. look with disfavor on
Last update: August 28, 2016
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Sarah discountenanced her best friend's new boyfriend, saying that she could do way better than him. [Please select]
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They are rigid non-resistants, and will not bear arms or study the art of war; they refuse to take oaths, and discountenance going to law over issues that can possibly be settled out of the courts. [Please select]
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Encourage wholesome conversation and good natural pleasantry, but discountenance "rough house" and ungentlemanliness. [Please select]
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Here, at least, was something they knew all about and systematically discountenanced. [Please select]
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He extolled justice, discountenanced violence, and pleaded for "the mutual development and moral elevation of mankind." [Please select]
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He absolutely discountenanced the extreme section of his followers. [Please select]
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That innovations in government and religion are dangerous, and ought to be discountenanced, I freely own. [Please select]
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In that circle they discountenanced those who advised hurried preparations for a removal to Kazan of the court and the girls' educational establishments under the patronage of the Dowager Empress. [Please select]
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