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disfavour

/dɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/

disfavour noun: lack of favour; displeasure.

Noun

disfavour (countable and uncountable, plural disfavours)

  1. (UK) Lack of favour; displeasure.
    • His lateness for the appointment incurred her disfavour.
    • These same misdeeds have raised a strong sentiment of disfavour against its ally.1839, William Ewart Gladstone, The State in Its Relations with the Church
  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

Verb

disfavour (third-person singular simple present disfavours, present participle disfavouring, simple past and past participle disfavoured)

  1. (UK) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.
    • Her past performance meant that she was often disfavoured for important tasks.

disfavour meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

disfavour in Tamil

தயவு இன்மை, வெறுப்பு, ஆதரவின்மை

disfavour in Malayalam

disapprobation, disappro-val, displeasure
അനനുകൂലത, നീരസം, അനിഷ്ടം, ഇഷ്ടക്കേട്, വിസമ്മതം, നിരാകരണം

disfavour in Kannada

ಅಪ್ರಸನ್ನತೆ, ಅನಾದರಣೆ, ಒಪ್ಪದಿರು, ಮೆಚ್ಚದಿರು, ಅನುಮೋದಿಸದಿರು, ಅನಾದರಿಸು

Synonyms of disfavour

Antonyms

Forms of disfavour

Noun
pluraldisfavours
alternative formdisfavor
Verb
third-person singular presentdisfavours
present participledisfavouring
past participledisfavoured
pastdisfavoured

Origin of disfavour

From English dis- + favour, from Middle French desfaveur.

Words formed from disfavour

Questions about disfavour

What does disfavour mean?
Disfavour means lack of favour; displeasure.
What is disfavour in Tamil?
Disfavour in Tamil is தயவு இன்மை, வெறுப்பு, ஆதரவின்மை. See Disfavour meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disfavour?
Disfavour can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce disfavour?
Disfavour is pronounced /dɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of disfavour?
The plural of disfavour is disfavours.

Words near disfavour in the dictionary

  1. disfavored
  2. disfavorer
  3. disfavorers
  4. disfavoring
  5. disfavors
  6. disfavour
  7. disfavourable
  8. disfavourably
  9. disfavoured
  10. disfavourer
  11. disfavourers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: disfavour (page history and authors); disfavour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disfavour (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); disfavour (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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