Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb discountenance

2 senses of discountenance

Sense 1
discountenance -- (look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends")
       => shame -- (cause to be ashamed)

Sense 2
discountenance -- (show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced")
       => disapprove -- (consider bad or wrong)