DISFAVOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disfavour mean? 

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

1. the state of being out of favor

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

  Familiarity information: DISFAVOUR used as a noun is rare.

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

1. put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISFAVOUR (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 ("disfavour" is a kind of...):

rejection (the state of being rejected)

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

wilderness ((politics) a state of disfavor)

Derivation:

disfavour (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 ("disfavour" 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 "disfavour"):

doghouse (an idiomatic term for being in disfavor)

reprobation (severe disapproval)

• DISFAVOUR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disfavour    ... he / she / it disfavours   
Past simple: disfavoured   
Past participle: disfavoured   
-ing form: disfavouring   

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 "disfavour" 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 "disfavour"):

hamper; handicap; hinder (put at a disadvantage)

prejudice (disadvantage by prejudice)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

disfavour (the state of being out of favor)

 Context examples 

“So, you wish to come and have your bones broken?” cried Nelson, roughly, looking with much disfavour at the fine clothes which had cost my uncle and Mr. Brummel such a debate.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is odd that a thing which I have been taught to regard with disfavour and as idolatrous should in a time of loneliness and trouble be of help.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"He is a man," said Lady Russell, "whom I have no wish to see. His declining to be on cordial terms with the head of his family, has left a very strong impression in his disfavour with me."

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Their being so new and so recent was all in their disfavour; that you could tolerate nothing that you were not used to; and a great deal more to the same purpose, to give them a knowledge of your character.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)