disfavoured

[US]/dɪsˈfeɪvə/
[UK]/dɪs'fevɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. disapproval, dislike, cold treatment, falling out of favor

Phrases & Collocations

meet with disfavour

Example Sentences

He is regarded with disfavour.

John seems to have fallen into disfavour with Mary.

Soon the queen fell into disfavour and was executed.

coal fell into disfavour because steam engines are noisy and polluting.

the system favours those who employ less labour and disfavours those who employ more.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavour upon the business known as gambling.

Real-world Examples

Tuppence received the remark with great disfavour.

Source: Hidden danger

" Ask away, " said the lady, eyeing him with some disfavour.

Source: The Mystery of Styles Court

He looked me up and down with a sort of contemptuous disfavour.

Source: Murder at the golf course

Of late there had been other signs of her disfavour, as intangible but more disquieting.

Source: Itan Flomei

Unfortunately, his daughter Barbro had fallen out with the Lensmand's wife last autumn, about a trifling matter, a mere nothing—indeed, to tell the truth, a flea; and Brede himself is somewhat in disfavour there since.

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 2)

" He is a man, " said Lady Russell, " whom I have no wish to see. His declining to be on cordial terms with the head of his family, has left a very strong impression in his disfavour with me" .

Source: Persuasion (Part 2)

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