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discommend
verb as in deprecate
verb as in disapprove
Strong matches
verb as in discountenance
verb as in frown
verb as in object
Strong matches
Example Sentences
“To labor to commend a piece of work Which no man goes about to discommend, Would raise a jealous doubt that there did lurk Some secret doubt whereto the praise did tend: For when men know the goodness of the wine ’Tis needless for the host to have a sign.
Discommend, dis-kom-end′, v.t. to blame.—adj.
Those need compassion whom you discommend, Not whom you praise.
"Nay, I cannot discommend you; for such a brisk maid as you should go handsome, or you will never get a sweetheart, though you think the time long."
I do not discommend or derogate from those other studies; I should betray mine own ignorance and weakness should I do so; I only wish they might not altogether justle out and exclude this.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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