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discountenancing

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He had the effect of shutting his wife out of the conversation; of definitely snubbing and discountenancing her.

Three years after this pleasant event he incurred the king's wrath by discountenancing his majesty's authority over the Church.

I wish, however, that in some future publication of yours, you would set a discountenancing mark upon them.

This implies dealing discreetly with the offender instead of directly discountenancing him.

It culminates in a horrifying cupola, and is colored a discountenancing brown.

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On this page you'll find 115 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to discountenancing, such as: ban, defiance, exclusion, noncompliance, rejection, and reversal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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