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disfavor

disfavor is the alternative form of disfavour.

Meaning of disfavour

Noun

disfavour (countable and uncountable, plural disfavours)

  1. (UK) Lack of favour; displeasure.
    • His lateness for the appointment incurred her disfavour.
  2. (UK) An unkindness; a disobliging act.
    • He might dispense favours and disfavours according to his own election.1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion
  3. (UK) A state of being out of favour.
    • The term “insane asylum” fell into disfavour long ago, but asylum is what some mentally ill people need.2013 September 18, “Editorial: Seriously ill still need asylum”, in Vancouver Sun

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Antonyms of disfavor

Forms of disfavor

Noun
pluraldisfavors
Verb
third-person singular presentdisfavors
present participledisfavoring
past participledisfavored
pastdisfavored

Origin of disfavor

From dis- + favor.

Questions about disfavor

What is disfavor the alternative form of?
Disfavor is the alternative form of disfavour.

Words near disfavor in the dictionary

  1. disfancying
  2. disfashion
  3. disfashioned
  4. disfashioning
  5. disfashions
  6. disfavor
  7. disfavorable
  8. disfavorably
  9. disfavored
  10. disfavorer
  11. disfavorers

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