discommend
verbUK /dɪskəˈmɛnd/
Etymology From dis- + commend.
1
Archaic To show disapproval of (something or someone), to find fault with.
2
Archaic To speak dissuasively of (something or someone), to advise against.
- Near-synonyms: disrecommend, unrecommend (rare); deprecate, discourage, pooh-pooh
- Savonarola discommends goat's flesh, and so doth Bruerinus […], calling it a filthy beast, and rammish […]., New York, 2001, p.218
- Derived terms
- discommender