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pejorative | discountenance |

As an adjective pejorative

is .

As a verb discountenance is

to have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove of.

pejorative

English

(wikipedia pejorative)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.

    • Synonyms

    * derogatory * dyslogistic

    Antonyms

    * approbative * eulogistic * meliorative

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

    • Synonyms

    * dyslogism * dysphemism

    Antonyms

    * eulogism

    See also

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    References

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    discountenance

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To have an unfavorable opinion of; to deprecate or disapprove of.
  • * Bancroft
    • A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot.
  • To abash, embarrass or disconcert.
  • * Milton
    • How would one look from his majestic brow Discountenance her despised!
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation.