DISFAVOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disfavor mean? 

• DISFAVOR (noun)
  The noun DISFAVOR has 2 senses:

1. the state of being out of favor

2. an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

  Familiarity information: DISFAVOR used as a noun is rare.

• DISFAVOR (verb)
  The verb DISFAVOR has 1 sense:

1. put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

  Familiarity information: DISFAVOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISFAVOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being out of favor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disfavor; disfavour

Context example:

he is in disfavor with the king

Hypernyms ("disfavor" is a kind of...):

rejection (the state of being rejected)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disfavor"):

wilderness ((politics) a state of disfavor)

Derivation:

disfavor (put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

disapproval; disfavor; disfavour; dislike

Hypernyms ("disfavor" is a kind of...):

disposition; inclination; tendency (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disfavor"):

doghouse (an idiomatic term for being in disfavor)

reprobation (severe disapproval)

• DISFAVOR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disfavor    ... he / she / it disfavors   
Past simple: disfavored   
Past participle: disfavored   
-ing form: disfavoring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

disadvantage; disfavor; disfavour

Context example:

This rule clearly disadvantages me

Hypernyms (to "disfavor" is one way to...):

discriminate; separate; single out (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disfavor"):

hamper; handicap; hinder (put at a disadvantage)

prejudice (disadvantage by prejudice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

disfavor (the state of being out of favor)

 Context examples 

The results of this unique test disfavor that hypothesis, because light fluctuations from the background star, monitored with Hubble for 13 years, would have looked different if there were a swarm of intervening black holes.

(Hubble Uncovers the Farthest Star Ever Seen, NASA)

It's strong and neat, so I ought not to complain, but I know I shall feel ashamed of it beside Annie's silk one with a gold top, sighed Meg, surveying the little umbrella with great disfavor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)