disfavour

1. 1.

   the state of being out of favor

   “he is in disfavor with the king”

   Synonymsdisfavor

   Broaderrejection

   Narrowerwilderness
2. 2.

   an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

   Synonymsdisfavordislikedisapproval

   Broaderinclination

   Narrowerdoghousereprobation

1. 1.

   put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

   “This rule clearly disadvantages me”

   Synonymsdisadvantagedisfavor

   Broaderdiscriminate

   Narrowerhandicapprejudice

Other forms of disfavour

plural

disfavours·

past tense

disfavoured·

present participle

disfavouring·

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 disfavour

What does disfavour mean?

disfavour 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 disfavour?

disfavour has 3 syllables: dis-fa-vour. The stress falls on "dis".

What is another word for disfavour?

Close synonyms include disfavor, disfavor, 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 disfavour a common word?

disfavour 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.