Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to discountenance
Participle: discountenanced
Gerund: discountenancing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | discountenance |
| you | discountenance |
| he;she;it | discountenances |
| we | discountenance |
| you | discountenance |
| they | discountenance |
Perfect
| I | have discountenanced |
| you | have discountenanced |
| he;she;it | has discountenanced |
| we | have discountenanced |
| you | have discountenanced |
| they | have discountenanced |
Past
| I | discountenanced |
| you | discountenanced |
| he;she;it | discountenanced |
| we | discountenanced |
| you | discountenanced |
| they | discountenanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had discountenanced |
| you | had discountenanced |
| he;she;it | had discountenanced |
| we | had discountenanced |
| you | had discountenanced |
| they | had discountenanced |
Future
| I | will discountenance |
| you | will discountenance |
| he;she;it | will discountenance |
| we | will discountenance |
| you | will discountenance |
| they | will discountenance |
Future Perfect
| I | will have discountenanced |
| you | will have discountenanced |
| he;she;it | will have discountenanced |
| we | will have discountenanced |
| you | will have discountenanced |
| they | will have discountenanced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | discountenance |
| you | discountenance |
| he;she;it | discountenance |
| we | discountenance |
| you | discountenance |
| they | discountenance |
Perfect
| I | have discountenanced |
| you | have discountenanced |
| he;she;it | have discountenanced |
| we | have discountenanced |
| you | have discountenanced |
| they | have discountenanced |
Imperfect
| I | discountenanced |
| you | discountenanced |
| he;she;it | discountenanced |
| we | discountenanced |
| you | discountenanced |
| they | discountenanced |
Pluperfect
| I | had discountenanced |
| you | had discountenanced |
| he;she;it | had discountenanced |
| we | had discountenanced |
| you | had discountenanced |
| they | had discountenanced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would discountenance |
| you | would discountenance |
| he;she;it | would discountenance |
| we | would discountenance |
| you | would discountenance |
| they | would discountenance |
Perfect
| I | would have discountenanced |
| you | would have discountenanced |
| he;she;it | would have discountenanced |
| we | would have discountenanced |
| you | would have discountenanced |
| they | would have discountenanced |
Imperative
| you | discountenance |
| we | Let's discountenance |
| you | discountenance |
Verbs conjugated like 'discountenance'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'discountenance'
countenance,
countenaunce,
discontent,
discontinue,
discovenant,
disentrance,
conveyance,
counteract,
disconnect,
disconsecrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- disconcert
- affront, confound, discourage, abash, embarrass, humble, humiliate, reproach
Antonyms
- disconcert
- concert, calm, order, countenance
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "put to shame," 1580, from M.Fr. descontenancer "to abash," from des- "dis-" + contenancer (see countenance).
2. From Middle French descontenancer (compare French décontenancer).
Sample Sentences
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A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. [1855, George Bancroft, chapter XXX, in History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume V, London: Routledge, page 74:]
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So far from friendship being an institution whose value is recognised and understood, it is at best scantily acknowledged, and is often actually discountenanced and misunderstood. [1908, Edward Carpenter, chapter 4, in The Intermediate Sex, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1921, page 90:]
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Mr Macgregor stiffened at the word 'nigger', which is discountenanced in India. [1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:]
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'Mrs' was a word somewhat discountenanced by the Party—you were supposed to call everyone 'comrade'—but with some women one used it instinctively. [1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 2:]
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How would one look from his Majeſtick brow, / Seated as on the top of Vertues hill, / Diſcount'nance her deſpiſ'd, and put to rout / All her array, her female pride deject, / Or turn to reverent awe? […] [1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 39, lines 216–220:]
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The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. [1820, Walter Scott, chapter 16, in Ivanhoe:]
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These were rejected by Parliament, which discountenanced the amalgamation of competing lines but gave broad approval in theory to end-on amalgamations. [1948 January and February, “British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:]