1
as in dislike
a strong feeling of not liking or approving
made no attempt to hide his disfavor of his wife's relatives
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2
as in disapproval
refusal to accept as right or desirable
their suggestion was met with disfavor by virtually all of the other club members
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as in disadvantage
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the defendant certainly acted to his own disfavor with his frequent outbursts
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1
as in to dislike
to feel dislike for
a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today
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2
as in to criticize
to hold an unfavorable opinion of
polls showing that this political candidate is highly disfavored by most voters
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Recent Examples of disfavor
Gary Langer, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
My rebellious nature, and my inclination for pointing out her caprices may have sharpened her disfavor.
—Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
For Darwin, adaptations were the result of mutations leading to trait variation among individuals in a population, which were then filtered through conditions in a local environment, favoring certain variants and disfavoring others.
—Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Trump's much deeper in personal disfavor, seen favorably by 37%, unfavorably by 60%.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
My rebellious nature, and my inclination for pointing out her caprices may have sharpened her disfavor.
—Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
The Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis may further help the Trump administration dismantle diversity policies that, by favoring some categories of employees, disfavor others.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
For Darwin, adaptations were the result of mutations leading to trait variation among individuals in a population, which were then filtered through conditions in a local environment, favoring certain variants and disfavoring others.
—Jessica Riskin, The New York Review of Books, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfavor
Noun
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Saxon is a nepo-baby-finance-frat-boy who has instantly courted dislike of his character.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s announcement overnight that the United States would immediately halt military aid to Ukraine was welcomed by the Kremlin on Tuesday, and his decision appears to vindicate Putin’s visceral dislike of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.—
Keir Simmons,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Although Le Pen did not immediately comment, her supporters quickly expressed disapproval.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
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Her supporters quickly expressed their disapproval of the verdict.—
Samuel Petrequin,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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If Eichorn resigned, Republicans would have a two-seat disadvantage.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
19 Mar. 2025
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This outdated thinking is becoming a competitive disadvantage for media companies, sponsors, and investors who fail to recognize the shift in consumer preferences.—
Lindsey Darvin,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Episode One introduces Jamie as a slight kid who hates needles and just wants to go home.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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Alleviating financial anxiety Love or hate what’s happening, there has been financial fallout from all the uncertainty and chaos generated.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, China has previously used its judiciary to signal political displeasure, as seen in the cases of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Although 2024 was a year where the headlines often focused on influential donors pulling their contributions to colleges over their displeasure with how campus protests or other controversies were handled, overall generosity for higher education continued to grow, sustaining a recent trend.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Those expenses included costs related to study abroad programs, postgraduate scholarships, vocational school scholarships, technology fees and other costs that are connected to education.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Trillion-dollar deficits are no longer shocking, and interest expense alone is hovering around record levels.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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What’s been really interesting to me about the Blake situation is how much of the hatred against her is coming from women.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to his efforts to take a chain saw to the federal government through DOGE, Elon Musk has attracted a level of ire from left-wing activists that now rivals their level of hatred for President Trump.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Mar. 2025
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Despite the fact that the age of female winners has been steadily increasing in the last despite, the average female Oscar winner is 39 years old, according to a Sky News 2023 report—almost a decade younger than the average male winner at 47.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2023
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Westbrook recently scored a triple-double despite shooting 7-for-27 from the floor.—
Bruce Jenkins,
SFChronicle.com,
7 Dec. 2019
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“Disfavor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfavor. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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