disfavor

1. 1.

   the state of being out of favor

   “he is in disfavor with the king”

   Synonymsdisfavour

   Broaderrejection

   Narrowerwilderness
2. 2.

   an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

   Synonymsdisfavourdislikedisapproval

   Broaderinclination

   Narrowerdoghousereprobation

1. 1.

   put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

   “This rule clearly disadvantages me”

   Synonymsdisadvantagedisfavour

   Broaderdiscriminate

   Narrowerhandicapprejudice

Other forms of disfavor

plural

disfavors·

past tense

disfavorred·

present participle

disfavorring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disfavor

What does disfavor mean?

disfavor means "the state of being out of favor". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disfavor?

disfavor has 3 syllables: dis-fa-vor. The stress falls on "fa". In IPA it is /dɪˈsfeɪvɚ/.

What is another word for disfavor?

Close synonyms include disfavour, disfavour, dislike, disapproval, disadvantage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disfavor a common word?

disfavor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.