Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disfavor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disfavor \Dis*fa"vor\, n. [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF.
disfaveur, F. d['e]faveur.] [Written also {disfavour}.]
1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.
The people that deserved my disfavor. --Is. x. 6
(1551).
Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. --Gladstone.
2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the
displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to
be in disfavor at court.
3. An unkindness; a disobliging act.
He might dispense favors and disfavors. --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disfavor \Dis*fa"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfavored}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Disfavoring}.]
1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with
disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.
Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey.
--Swift.
2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disfavor
n 1: the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the
king" [syn: {disfavour}]
2: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or
group [syn: {disfavour}, {dislike}, {disapproval}]
v : put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly
disadvantages me" [syn: {disadvantage}, {disfavour}]
[ant: {advantage}]
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