discommend

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UK/dɪskəˈmɛnd/

verb

To show disapproval of (something or someone), to find fault with.

“Near-synonyms: disrecommend, unrecommend (rare); deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh”

Similar
disrecommendunrecommenddeprecatediscouragepooh-pooh
Opposite
commendpraiserecommendendorseencourage
OriginEnglish commend ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis- →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person discommends · participle present discommending · participle past discommended · past discommended

  1. archaicTo show disapproval of (something or someone), to find fault with.

    Antonyms: commend, praise

  2. archaicTo speak dissuasively of (something or someone), to advise against.

    Near-synonyms: disrecommend, unrecommend (rare); deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh

    1 more example

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

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 218

    Synonyms: disrecommend, unrecommend, deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh · Antonyms: recommend, endorse, encourage, support

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo show disapproval of (something or someone), to find fault with.

Opposite
commendpraise

verbTo speak dissuasively of (something or someone), to advise against.

Similar
disrecommendunrecommenddeprecatediscouragepooh-pooh
Opposite
recommendendorseencouragesupport
Also see
disrecommend

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Englishcommend
  11. Englishdiscommend

From dis- + commend.

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Cite this entry
APA

discommend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discommend

MLA

“discommend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discommend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discommend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discommend.

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