disfavour

English

Alternative forms

• disfavor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈfeɪvə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

disfavour (countable and uncountable, plural disfavours) (British spelling)

1. Lack of favour; displeasure.

   His lateness for the appointment incurred her disfavour.

   • 1839, William Ewart Gladstone, The State in Its Relations with the Church:

     These same misdeeds have raised a strong sentiment of disfavour against its ally.

2. An unkindness; a disobliging act.
   • 1702-1704, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion:

     He might dispense favours and disfavours according to his own election.

3. A state of being out of favour.
   • 2013 September 18, “Editorial: Seriously ill still need asylum”, in Vancouver Sun:

     The term “insane asylum” fell into disfavour long ago, but asylum is what some mentally ill people need.

Synonyms

• maltreatment

Antonyms

• favour

Translations

the state of being out of favour

• Bulgarian: немилост (bg) f (nemilost)
• Esperanto: malfavoro
• French: défaveur (fr) f
• German: Ungunst (de) f
• Japanese: 冷遇 (ja) (reigū)
• Manx: mee-foayr m
• Romanian: defavoare (ro) f, dezaprobare (ro) f, dizgrație (ro) f
• Turkish: gözden düşme

Verb

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

1. (British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.

   Her past performance meant that she was often disfavoured for important tasks.

Synonyms

• discriminate
• maltreat

Antonyms

• favour

Translations

to show lack of favour or antipathy towards

• Chinese: 冷遇 (zh) (lěngyù)
• French: défaveur (fr) sg or f
• Japanese: 冷遇する (ja) (reigū)

References

• “disfavour”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “disfavour”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.