Discommend

Quick meaning: Discommend is a verb meaning (now rare) To show disapproval of (something or someone), to find fault with.

Meaning

(now rare) To show disapproval of (something or someone), to find fault with.

More Meanings

1. (now rare) To speak dissuasively of (something or someone), to advise against.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: disrecommend, unrecommend (rare); deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh

Savonarola discommends goat's flesh, and so doth Bruerinus […], calling it a filthy beast, and rammish […].

Word Forms

• discommends
• discommending
• discommended

Synonyms for discommend

Depending on context, synonyms include disrecommend, unrecommend, deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh.

Antonyms for discommend

Common opposites include commend, praise, recommend, endorse, encourage, support.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dispraise, improve, discountenance, disapprove, deplore, deprecate.

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