Word: discountenance
Synonyms: discountenance
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: discountenance
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russian
Translations:
обескураживать, смущать
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czech
Translations:
zahanbit
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polish
Translations:
dezaprobować, zawstydzać, zawstydzić
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ukrainian
Translations:
бентежте, бентежити
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croatian
Translations:
obeshrabriti
The meaning and "use of": discountenance
verb
- refuse to approve of (something). - a family in which alcohol consumption is discountenanced
- disturb the composure of. - Amanda was not discountenanced by the accusation