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Definition: Disfavor |
DisfavorNoun1. The state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king". 2. An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. Verb1. Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disfavor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: DisfavorSynonyms: disapproval (n), dislike (n), disadvantage (v), disfavour (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: advantage (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Verb: disapprove; dislike; lament; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; nil admirari, disvalue; improbate. |
Hate | Disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity; animosity. |
Opposition | Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Disfavor |
| English words defined with "disfavor": discountenance, Disfavored, Disfavoring, disfavour, doghouse ♦ Scotch, Scots, Scottish ♦ To be under a cloud ♦ unpopular. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "disfavor": DIN ♦ Epaulet ♦ Marble ♦ Refrigerator ♦ Stumble ♦ Talking, Tongue ♦ Urn. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Disfavor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (drawback), Spanish (disfavor, disfavour, ungraciousness). |
| Author | Quotation |
Publius Cornelius Tacitus | Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Fiji | However, the Government still views negative comments about individual chiefs with disfavor. (references) |
Women | Comoros | While legal discrimination exists in some areas, in general inheritance and property rights do not disfavor women. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "disfavor": be in disfavor ♦ fall into disfavor ♦ regard with disfavor. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "disfavor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nuk pëlqej (disfavour, dislike, disrelish, hate), nuk miratoj (disapprove, discommend, discountenance, disfavour, frown up), nuk jam dakord me (disfavour), mospëlqim (antipathy, aversion, disfavour, dislike, disrelish, distaste, indisposition, non-compliance, objection, scunner), mosmiratim (disapprobation, disapproval, disfavour), marr me sy të keq (disfavour, disgrace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كره (abhor, abominate, aversion, be offensive, be repugnant, be repulsive, become hateful, coerce, compel, constrain, despise, detest, disfavour, disincline, dislike, drive, force, hate, hating, loathe, swagger), إزدرى (despise, disdain, disesteem, disfavour, look down on, pooh pooh, scorn, slight, snub), إزدراء (contempt, contumely, disdain, disfavour, disrespect, pride, scorn), أذى (disadvantage, disfavour, hardship, harm, hurst, injury, injustice, insult, lesion, mayhem, trauma, violence, wickedness, zenana). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неодобрение (censure, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, discontent, discouragement, disfavour, disrelish, objection, reprehension), немилост (disfavour, disgrace), не одобрявам (damn, disapprove, discountenance, disesteem, disfavour, negative, object, object to, turn away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odmítavost (disfavour), nepřízeò (disfavour), nemilost (disfavour, disgrace), nelibost (disapproval, disfavour, dislike, displeasure, dudgeon, resentment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مغضوبیت , ازنظرافتادگی (Oversight), بی اعتباری (Discredit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | missfallen (disapproval, displease, displeased, displeasure, dissatisfy, to displease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βλέπω δυσμενώσ (disfavour), αποστέργω (disfavour), αποδοκιμάζω (boo, deprecate, disapprove, disapprove of, discountenance, disfavour, hiss, hoot, reprehend, reprobate, take a dim view), δυσμένεια (disfavour, disgrace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kegyvesztettség (disfavour, disgrace, fall from grace), rosszallás (animadversion, condemnation, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavour, reproof), helytelenítés (deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, discountenance, discouragement, disfavour, thumbs down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tak disukai (distasteful, unpopular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | disistima (disesteem, disfavour), disgrazia (accident, bad luck, casualty, disfavour, disgrace, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap), disapprovazione (censure, condemnation, deprecation, disapprobation, disapproval, discouragement, disfavour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 勘気 (disinheritance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"き (cold, delight, disinheritance, dry season, evocation, frost, great joy, rules which officials must follow, ventilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isfavorday desfavor (discountenance, disfavour), desestimar (disfavour, disfeature), desaprovar (deprecate, disallow, disapprove, discountenance, disfavour, negative answer, object lesson, rebuke, reprobate), desaprovação (criticism, deprecation, disallowance, disapprobation, disapproval, discouragement, disfavour, displeasure, reprobation), desagrado (disfavour, dislike, distaste, pout, unpleasantness). (various references) dizgraţie (disfavour, disgrace), discredit (discredit, disfavour), dezaproba (censure, condemn, deprecate, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, disavow, discommend, discountenance, disfavour, dispraise, reject, reprobate), defavoare (detriment, disfavour), nu privi cu ochi buni (disfavour). (various references) немилость (disfavour, disgrace), не одобрять (disapprove, discommend, discountenance, disfavour, not to hold with, object). (various references) nenaklonost (disfavour, disinclination, dislike, distaste), nemilost (disfavour, disgrace, doghouse, wantonness), biti nenaklonjen (disfavour, disincline: be disinclined, distaste). (various references) disfavor (disfavour, ungraciousness), desfavorecer (disfavour), desaprobación (censure, condemnation, disapprobation, disapproval, discouragement, disfavour), hacer disfavor (disfavour). (various references) särbehandla (disfavour), ovänlig handling (disfavour), onåd (disfavour, disgrace), ogillande (deprecation, deprecative, deprecatory, disallowance, disapprobation, disapprobative, disapprobatory, disapproval, disfavour, dismissal, dismission, dispraise, dyslogistic), ogilla (be aversed to, deprecate, disapprove, disapprove of, discommend, discountenance, disfavour, dislike, dispraise, frown on, quash, scorn), missgynna (disfavour), klandra (animadvert upon, arraign, blame, chide, criticize, disfavour, fault, reprehend, take exception at). (various references) hoşlanılmama (disfavour), gözden düşme (contumely, disfavour, disgrace), beğenilmeme (disfavour). (various references) осуджувати (animadvert, criticize, damn, denounce, disapprove, disfavour, dispraise, impeach, judge, reprehend, reprobate, reprove), несхвалення (disapprobation, disapproval, discountenance, disfavour, objection), невигода (disadvantage, disfavour), немилість (disfavour), позбавляти прихильності (disfavour, disgrace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disfavor": disfavored, disfavoring, disfavors. (additional references) | |
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"Disfavor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Distaval, distazo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disfavor" (pronounced di'sfā"ver) |
| 4 | -f ā" v er | Favor. |
| 3 | -ā" v er | aver, braver, caver, craver, engraver, Flavor, graver, Laver, paver, raver, saver, savor, shaver, waiver, waver. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-i-o-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: advisor. | |
-2 letters: aroids, avoids, favors, fiords, radios, savior, visard. | |
-3 letters: adios, aroid, arvos, aviso, avoid, divas, dorsa, fados, fairs, fards, faros, favor, fiars, fidos, fiord, fords, radio, raids, roads, sarod, savor, sofar, vairs, visor, voids. | |
-4 letters: ados, aids, airs, arfs, arid, arvo, avid, avos, dais, diva, dors, fado, fads, fair, fard, faro, fiar, fido. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-f-i-o-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: disfavors. | |
+2 letters: disfavored. | |
+3 letters: disfavoring. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 66 61 76 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... ..-. .- ...- --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100110 01100001 01110110 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s f a v o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0066 0061 0076 006F 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875857267888184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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