2 entries under this word

Disfavor

Dis-fā'vor, n.

noun

n. [Prefix dis and favor, q. v.; O. Fr. desfaveur, Fr. défaveur, Sp. disfavor, It. disfavore.]

  1. Want of favor or favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. “The people that have deserved my disfavor.” Isa. x. 6. (Bible, 1551.)
  2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the frown or displeasure of some one; as, to be in disfavor at court.
  3. An unkindness; a disobliging act.

He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon.

Dis-fā'vor, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISFAVORED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISFAVORING.] To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to discountenance.

Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift.