disfavour
US disfavor
/ (dɪsˈfeɪvə) /
disapproval or dislike
the state of being disapproved of or disliked
an unkind act
a damaging or disadvantageous effect; detriment
(tr) to regard or treat with disapproval or dislike
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How to use disfavour in a sentence
Punch gathered himself together and eyed the house with disfavour.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingThe Evangelical movement had done good even in quarters where it had been looked upon with disfavour.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonWhatever the motive, however, rate-aided emigration remained in disfavour.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbThe disfavour with which, as we have noted, the Central Authority regarded apprenticeship, seems to have continued.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbHis reading of those prayers was interrupted by forced coughs and sneezings and other manifestations of disfavour.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton Laurie
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