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Synonyms & Antonyms for disfavor
Synonyms: Noun
allergy, averseness, aversion, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, down [chiefly British], mislike
Synonyms: Verb
Antonyms: Noun
appetite, favor, fondness, like, liking, partiality, preference, relish, shine, taste, use
Antonyms: Verb
adore, cotton (to), delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), like, love, relish, revel (in)
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Examples of disfavor in a Sentence
Noun
He regarded their proposal with disfavor. They looked with disfavor upon her.Verb
The current laws favor large businesses and disfavor smaller businesses. a style of stage acting that is disfavored by most theatergoers today
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In 1950, however, with socialists rapidly falling into disfavor, the other parties beat Marcantonio at his own game. — Kyle Sammin, National Review, "A Socialist Predecessor of Ocasio-Cortez in Congress," 13 Aug. 2019 As with Columbine and the FEPA, the opposition was broad and non-partisan: A distaste for video games was a matter of cultural rather than political disfavor. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, "Video-Game Violence Is Now a Partisan Issue," 5 Aug. 2019 After the Hungarian uprising of 1956 was snuffed out by the Soviet Union, Lukacs was temporarily deported and fell into official disfavor, as did his followers. — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, "Agnes Heller, outspoken Hungarian philosopher, at 90," 31 July 2019 When Andyâs father dies suddenly, Andy is visited by Goldblumâs Dr. Wallace Fiennes, an itinerant practitioner of the controversial brain surgery that, at this point in history, had begun to fall into disfavor. — Michael O'sullivan, Twin Cities, "Jeff Goldblum plays a lobotomist in the haunting, enigmatic âThe Mountainâ," 1 Aug. 2019 After the Hungarian uprising of 1956 was snuffed out by the Soviet Union, Lukacs was temporarily deported and fell into official disfavor, as did his followers. — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, "Agnes Heller, outspoken Hungarian philosopher, at 90," 31 July 2019 After the Hungarian uprising of 1956 was snuffed out by the Soviet Union, Lukacs was temporarily deported and fell into official disfavor, as did his followers. — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, "Agnes Heller, Hungarian Philosopher and Outspoken Dissident, Dies at 90," 30 July 2019 In one case Judge Kavanaugh incurred the disfavor of both sides of the political spectrum for seeking to ensure the availability of contraceptive services for women while minimizing the involvement of employers with religious objections. — Stavros Agorakis, Vox, "Read the full transcript of Sen. Collinsâs speech announcing sheâll vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh," 5 Oct. 2018 In 1577, Ghiyasâpossibly in debt or disfavor with the Safavid Shah, Ismaâil IIâand his pregnant wife left Herat (today Afghanistanâs third-largest city) for Mughal India. — Maxwell Carter, WSJ, "âEmpressâ Review: Light of the Mughal World," 13 July 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Districts shall be compact and contiguous, preserve communities of interest and not favor or disfavor incumbents. — Washington Post, "Redistricting reforms already taking root in many states," 28 June 2019 But lower-court judges declined to rule against the government on the issue of willful discrimination against minorities, which requires proof that Ross intended to disfavor people of color on the basis of race. — Cristian Farias, The New Yorker, "Is There Racist Intent Behind the Census Citizenship Question?," 26 June 2019 Most importantly, they were used to disfavor certain groups, particularly Jews. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: The College Board tries to solve a social problem that itâs unsuited to solve," 9 June 2019 Thus, the conjecture disfavors many popular models of cosmic inflation. — Quanta Magazine, "Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory," 9 Aug. 2018 The Democratic Party has become defined by womenâs enthusiasm: There are more women running for office in 2018 than ever before, and womenâs disfavor toward President Trump could be a big factor in Democratsâ strategy in the next two elections. — Dylan Scott, Vox, "Joe Biden apologizes again about Anita Hill during the Kavanaugh firestorm," 21 Sep. 2018 Under the original Graham-Cassidy bill, the formula for the block grants was seen by some as disfavoring states that already expanded Medicaid coverage under Obamacare. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Conservatives Plan to Take One Last Shot at Obamacare Repeal Before Midterms," 30 Apr. 2018 The election cycles of Western democracies, in contrast, tend to disfavor long-term strategic planning on foreign policy goals. — Margarita Jaitner, Washington Post, "Thereâs more to Russiaâs cyber interference than the Mueller probe suggests," 12 Mar. 2018 Among those higher principles is the Constitutionâs blanket prohibition on favoring or disfavoring one religion over another. — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, "In the Travel-Ban Case, Supreme Court Seems Ready to Let Trump Be Trump," 25 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disfavor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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