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    DISFAVOUR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An inclination to withhold approval from some person or groupplay

    Synonyms:

    disapproval; disfavor; disfavour; dislike

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("disfavour" is a kind of...):

    disposition; inclination; tendency (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disfavour"):

    doghouse (an idiomatic term for being in disfavor)

    reprobation (severe disapproval)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The state of being out of favorplay

    Example:

    he is in disfavor with the king

    Synonyms:

    disfavor; disfavour

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("disfavour" is a kind of...):

    rejection (the state of being rejected)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disfavour"):

    wilderness ((politics) a state of disfavor)

    Derivation:

    disfavour (put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they disfavour  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it disfavours  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: disfavoured  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: disfavoured  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: disfavouring  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harmplay

    Example:

    This rule clearly disadvantages me

    Synonyms:

    disadvantage; disfavor; disfavour

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "disfavour" is one way to...):

    discriminate; separate; single out (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disfavour"):

    hamper; handicap; hinder (put at a disadvantage)

    prejudice (disadvantage by prejudice)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    disfavour (the state of being out of favor)

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