1
as in dislike
a strong feeling of not liking or approving
made no attempt to hide his disfavor of his wife's relatives
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2
as in disapproval
refusal to accept as right or desirable
their suggestion was met with disfavor by virtually all of the other club members
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as in disadvantage
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success
the defendant certainly acted to his own disfavor with his frequent outbursts
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1
as in to dislike
to feel dislike for
a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today
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as in to criticize
to hold an unfavorable opinion of
polls showing that this political candidate is highly disfavored by most voters
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Recent Examples of disfavor
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Sep. 2025
Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Notably, the political factors in that case were the opposite of those at play in the current situation: a Democratic official was threatening to exercise regulatory power to suppress expression widely disfavored by Democrats – gun rights advocacy by the NRA.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
There are observational reasons and theoretical reasons both to disfavor that interpretation, and this isn’t seriously entertained any longer as a plausible interpretation of the expanding Universe or the Big Bang.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Sep. 2025
Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Notably, the political factors in that case were the opposite of those at play in the current situation: a Democratic official was threatening to exercise regulatory power to suppress expression widely disfavored by Democrats – gun rights advocacy by the NRA.
—John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfavor
Noun
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That led to Chiefs and Patriots fans bonding on X (formerly Twitter) about their dislike of Bills Mafia.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Shared activities like watching a common television show can help promote high relationship satisfaction by providing an opportunity to connect while exploring each other’s likes and dislikes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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The survey showed Lamont with an approval rating of 63%, compared to a disapproval rate of 30%.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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Starmer has a 71 percent disapproval rating and leads the least popular British government since World War II.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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The war in Ukraine has only deepened Russia’s disadvantages.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Stewart nullified the size disadvantage with his speed and relentless style.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Vonn tapped her toe into Act 2 and didn’t hate it.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Bias, hate and stalemate serves no one for very long.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer expressed some displeasure, too, when his team was forced to play consecutive road games against powerhouses South Carolina and LSU last month.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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Protesters noisily share their displeasure with ICE outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Building in Minneapolis.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Instead, the utility will be allowed to spread the expense recovery over an entire hunk of the Midwest.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Alphabet also said its research and development expenses went up by 42%, driven by compensation for AI talent and supporting Waymo.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Emily Brontë’s novel is a book that stains — its emotions seep through generations, its hatreds metastasize, its love transforms into something unholy and permanent.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Talmud teaches that Jerusalem was destroyed not only because of hatred, but because of sinat chinam, baseless hatred fueled by moral absolutism.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Political observers think Talarico could surge to the fore in the primary despite, or perhaps because of, his outsider status.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
11 Sep. 2025
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Using that unscientific tool to gauge his Texas Rangers, the club after the first month of the season remains unchanged despites many changes: Average, and a stunning disappointment.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Disfavor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfavor. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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