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discommend
[ dis-kuh-mend ]
verb (used with object)
- to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
- to bring into disfavor:
He was discommended for his negligence.
discommend
/ ˌdɪskəˈmɛnd /
verb
- rare.to express disapproval of
- obsolete.to bring into disfavour
Derived Forms
- ˌdiscomˈmendable, adjective
- disˌcommenˈdation, noun
Other Words From
- discom·mender noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of discommend1
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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