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All countenanced antonyms

coun·te·nance
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verb countenanced

  • blocked — If something is blocked or blocked up, it is completely closed so that nothing can get through it.
  • censured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
  • criticized — to censure or find fault with.
  • denied — to withhold something from, or refuse to grant a request of: to deny a beggar.
  • disagreed — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
  • discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • hindered — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • injured — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • opposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • protested — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
  • rejected — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • vetoed — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • fought — simple past tense and past participle of fight.

noun countenanced

  • discountenanced — Simple past tense and past participle of discountenance.
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