Synonyms for discommend
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Verb
1. Discourage — to speak dissuasively of (something or someone), to advise against
discourage, deprecate, poo-poo, disrecommend, unrecommend rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To speak dissuasively of (something or someone), to advise against.
Near-synonyms: disrecommend, unrecommend (rare); deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh
Forms
- Past participle
- discommended
e.g. discommended → discouraged, deprecated, poo-pooed, disrecommended…
Example sentences
- discourage Should Algeria discourage car use in large cities?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| discommend | falling | |
| discourage | falling | |
| deprecate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- deprecate3
- 10 letters
- discourage3
- 11 letters
- unrecommend
- 12 letters
- disrecommend
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deprecate3 = 3 syllables).