discommend

discommend

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ commend.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪskəˈmɛnd/

Verb

discommend (third-person singular simple present discommends, present participle discommending, simple past and past participle discommended)

1. (now rare) To show disapproval of something, find fault with.
2. (now rare) To speak dissuasively of, to advise against.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970:

     , New York, 2001, p.218:

     Savonarola discommends goat's flesh, and so doth Bruerinus […], calling it a filthy beast, and rammish […].

Antonyms

• (show disapproval of) commend
• (speak dissuasively of) recommend