| disfavor | (n) ความไม่ชอบ, See also: การไม่ยอมรับ, การปฏิเสธ, Syn. disapproval, disesteem, objection, Ant. approval, admiration, respect | | disfavor | (vt) ไม่ชอบ, See also: ไม่ยอมรับ, ปฏิเสธ, Syn. dislike, disapprove, Ant. like, favor, esteem |
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| | disfavor | (ดิสเฟ'เวอะ) n. ความไม่ชอบ, ความไม่เห็นด้วย, การกระทำที่เป็นภัย. vt. ไม่ชอบ, ไม่โปรด, Syn. disgrace |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey.
--Swift.
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2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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The people that deserved my disfavor. --Is. x. 6
(1551).
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Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. --Gladstone.
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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.
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3. An unkindness; a disobliging act.
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He might dispense favors and disfavors. --Clarendon.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disfavor
n 1: the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with
the king" [syn: {disfavor}, {disfavour}]
2: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
[syn: {disfavor}, {disfavour}, {dislike}, {disapproval}]
v 1: put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly
disadvantages me" [syn: {disadvantage}, {disfavor},
{disfavour}] [ant: {advantage}]
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