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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "disfavour" in a sentence

    disfavour example sentences

    disfavour


    1. If he so wanted, Hylensia could have expressed an obvious disfavour without the utterance of a single word


    2. He must not look with disfavour upon the


    3. All raised their thighs and eyed with disfavour the mildewed buttonless leather


    4. Cottagers who were not directly employed on the land were looked upon with disfavour, and the banishment of some starved the trade of others, who were thus obliged to follow


    5. Their being so new and so recent was all in their disfavour; that you could tolerate nothing that you were not used to; and a great deal more to the same purpose, to give them a knowledge of your character


    6. He knows that the case of the Governor of Orél provoked the indignation of the best men of society, and he himself, under the influence of the public opinion of those circles to which he belongs, has more than once expressed his disapproval of it; he knows that the prosecutor, who was to have gone with them, refused outright to take part in this business, because he considered it disgraceful; he knows also that changes may take place in the government at any time, and that in consequence of them that which was a desert to-day may to-morrow be the cause of disfavour; he knows, too, that there is a press, if not in Russia, at least abroad, which may describe this matter and so disgrace him for life


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    Synonyms for "disfavour"

    disapproval disfavor disfavour dislike disadvantage

    "disfavour" definitions

    the state of being out of favor


    an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group


    put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm