Antonyms for recommend

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rek-uh-mend

Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛk əˈmɛnd

Definition of recommend

Origin : late 14c., "praise, present as worthy," from Medieval Latin recommendare, from Latin re-, here probably an intensive prefix, or else from a sense now obscure (see re-), + commendare "commit to one's care, commend" (see commend). Meaning "advise as to action, urge (that something be done)" is from 1746. Related: Recommended; recommending.

verb advise, approve

Example sentences :

Having a partiality for Robert, this was not likely to recommend his enemy in her eyes.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I recommend to you one of the soberest, yet politest, men in England—'
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Recommend him a day or two in the country, for the good of his health and our happiness.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

He thought of his past life; there was not one thing to recommend him to God.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

I recommend to you, my dear lady, to give yourself no uneasiness.
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

This opinion had nothing to recommend it but the general consent of mankind.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I got my travelling companion to recommend a boarding-house, which he did.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

I have only to recommend Josiah Nisbet to you and my country.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

I think my daughter could recommend one to your lordship, if she dared.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"I shall be greatly obliged if you can recommend me a good hotel," she said.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Synonyms for recommend

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