单词 | discommending |
释义 | > as lemmasdiscoˈmmending discoˈmmending n. and adj. now rare (a) n.= discommendation n. (b) adj. that invites or expresses disapproval. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] dispraisingc1386 mislovinga1400 dispraise1509 discommendation1540 discommending1544 dyslogy1837 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] discommending1702 dyslogistic1821 1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr J. Oldcastell in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 249 Wyth no small discommendings of some princes. 1692 J. Dryden All for Love (new ed.) Pref. sig. b2 No part of a Poem is worth our discommending, where the whole is insipid. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus 192 Having something in them Discommending and Unacceptable. 1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted I. vi. 82 He..leaned back, looking at her with a discommending, almost supercilious smile. 1933 E. Blunden C. Lamb & his Contemporaries iv. 97 His chief business was to commend; he had done his discommending by way of rejecting silently. 2009 Irish Times (Nexis) 18 Apr. (Features section) 2 The music in the text doesn't warrant discommending notice. < as lemmas |
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