DISCOMMEND

Etymology

Verb

discommend (third-person singular simple present discommends, present participle discommending, simple past and past participle discommended)

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

(now rare) To speak dissuasively of, to advise against.

Antonyms

• (show disapproval of) commend

• (speak dissuasively of) recommend

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`com*mend", v. t.

1. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser. By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor.

2. To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry. Pepys.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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