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PRONUNCIATION OF DISFAVOUR

disfavour  [dɪsˈfeɪvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISFAVOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disfavour is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disfavour in English.

WHAT DOES DISFAVOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disfavour in the English dictionary

The first definition of disfavour in the dictionary is disapproval or dislike. Other definition of disfavour is the state of being disapproved of or disliked. Disfavour is also an unkind act.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISFAVOUR

PRESENT

Present
I disfavour
you disfavour
he/she/it disfavours
we disfavour
you disfavour
they disfavour
Present continuous
I am disfavouring
you are disfavouring
he/she/it is disfavouring
we are disfavouring
you are disfavouring
they are disfavouring
Present perfect
I have disfavoured
you have disfavoured
he/she/it has disfavoured
we have disfavoured
you have disfavoured
they have disfavoured
Present perfect continuous
I have been disfavouring
you have been disfavouring
he/she/it has been disfavouring
we have been disfavouring
you have been disfavouring
they have been disfavouring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disfavoured
you disfavoured
he/she/it disfavoured
we disfavoured
you disfavoured
they disfavoured
Past continuous
I was disfavouring
you were disfavouring
he/she/it was disfavouring
we were disfavouring
you were disfavouring
they were disfavouring
Past perfect
I had disfavoured
you had disfavoured
he/she/it had disfavoured
we had disfavoured
you had disfavoured
they had disfavoured
Past perfect continuous
I had been disfavouring
you had been disfavouring
he/she/it had been disfavouring
we had been disfavouring
you had been disfavouring
they had been disfavouring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will disfavour
you will disfavour
he/she/it will disfavour
we will disfavour
you will disfavour
they will disfavour
Future continuous
I will be disfavouring
you will be disfavouring
he/she/it will be disfavouring
we will be disfavouring
you will be disfavouring
they will be disfavouring
Future perfect
I will have disfavoured
you will have disfavoured
he/she/it will have disfavoured
we will have disfavoured
you will have disfavoured
they will have disfavoured
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disfavouring
you will have been disfavouring
he/she/it will have been disfavouring
we will have been disfavouring
you will have been disfavouring
they will have been disfavouring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would disfavour
you would disfavour
he/she/it would disfavour
we would disfavour
you would disfavour
they would disfavour
Conditional continuous
I would be disfavouring
you would be disfavouring
he/she/it would be disfavouring
we would be disfavouring
you would be disfavouring
they would be disfavouring
Conditional perfect
I would have disfavour
you would have disfavour
he/she/it would have disfavour
we would have disfavour
you would have disfavour
they would have disfavour
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disfavouring
you would have been disfavouring
he/she/it would have been disfavouring
we would have been disfavouring
you would have been disfavouring
they would have been disfavouring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you disfavour
we let´s disfavour
you disfavour
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to disfavour
Past participle
disfavoured
Present Participle
disfavouring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISFAVOUR


cadaver
kəˈdeɪvə
deva
ˈdeɪvə
engraver
ɪnˈɡreɪvə
favour
ˈfeɪvə
flavor
ˈfleɪvə
flavour
ˈfleɪvə
graver
ˈɡreɪvə
haver
ˈheɪvə
laver
ˈleɪvə
overfavor
ˌəʊvəˈfeɪvə
paver
ˈpeɪvə
quaver
ˈkweɪvə
raver
ˈreɪvə
saver
ˈseɪvə
savor
ˈseɪvə
savour
ˈseɪvə
shaver
ˈʃeɪvə
slaver
ˈsleɪvə
waiver
ˈweɪvə
waver
ˈweɪvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISFAVOUR

disfame
disfavourer
disfeature
disfeaturement
disfellowship
disfellowshipped
disfellowshipping
disfiguration
disfigure
disfigured
disfigurement
disfigurer
disflesh
disfluency
disfluent
disforest
disforestation
disform
disfranchise
disfranchisement

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISFAVOUR

amour
Cavour
colour
curry favour
devour
dyvour
endeavour
fervour
four
grace-and-favour
honour
hour
humour
our
perfervour
pour
retour
sense of humour
tour
your

Synonyms and antonyms of disfavour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISFAVOUR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disfavour» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disfavour

Translation of «disfavour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISFAVOUR

Find out the translation of disfavour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disfavour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disfavour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

失宠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disfavor
570 millions of speakers

English

disfavour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अरुचि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستياء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

немилость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desfavor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপছন্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défaveur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak mencukupi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ungnade
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冷遇
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

disfavour
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disfavorite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không ưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

disfavour
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अव्यवस्था
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoşlanılmama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disgrazia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niechęcią
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

немилість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dizgrație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσμένεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onguns
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

onåd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disfavør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disfavour

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISFAVOUR»

The term «disfavour» is regularly used and occupies the 96.149 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISFAVOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disfavour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disfavour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disfavour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISFAVOUR»

Discover the use of disfavour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disfavour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A View from the Trenches: Ups and Downs of Today's Parish Priest
In a situation where it seems we are being everywhere beaten about the head, it is well to keep in mind that the Catholic Church - and, in many cases, the Christian Church - is in disfavour in our secular world not only because of the clergy ...
Monsignor Dennis Murphy, 2009
2
The Law on Corruption in Singapore: Cases and Materials
... having reason to believe or suspect that the gratification was offered as an inducement or reward for his doing of forbearing to do any act or for showing or forbearing to show any favour or disfavour to any person in relation to his principal's ...
Boon Gin Tan, 2007
3
Reflections on the Silence of God: A Discussion with Marjo ...
searching for an explanation for the divine disfavour with which he and his people were confronted.65 Biblical counterparts to this can be found in the psalms.66 God is silent, but the supplicant does not accept it. Instead of ' incomprehensible' ...
Bob E.J.H. Becking, 2013
4
The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and ...
(S* Disfavour (Discourtesy! Déplaisir. tî* Disfavour (D'ufiguring) Enlaidissement, Difformité. To DISFAVOUR, &c. V. To disfigure, é-c. To DISFIGURE, Verb Ail. (to spoil the Figure, to make ugly) Dcfigurcr, dévisager, rendre difforme, enlaidir, ...
Abel Boyer, 1729
5
Oxford Thesaurus of English
2 he disentangled his fingers from her hair: extricate, extract, free, remove, disengage, untwine, disentwine, release, liberate, loosen, unloose, detach, unfasten, unclasp, disconnect. disfavour noun the headmaster regarded her with disfavour: ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
6
The Judicial Application of Human Rights Law: National, ...
... inconsistent with his duty for the purpose of showing favour or disfavour to any person, and if it is proved in any prosecution for this offence that a public officer in breach of his duty as such did anything to the favour or disfavour of any person, ...
Nihal Jayawickrama, 2002
7
An Essay on the Cause of the Decline of the Foreign Trade: ...
7 s. for 259 Crowns 1 Livre, consequently thex Exchange was in the Disfavour of England, not quite 3 per Cent. In the Year 1686. the Prohibition being quite taken off, the British Merchant, Vol. I. p, 3 1 8, informs us, the Exchange was at $ 6 d.
Sir Matthew Decker, 1750
8
Transparency and Proportionality in the Schengen Information ...
6.5.3.3 Requirement for Proportionality between Control in disfavour and in Favour of Registered Individuals Requirement for proportionality between control in disfavour and in favour of registered individuals is also a requirement for fairness.
Stephen Kabera Karanja, 2008
9
Mercantilism
Crowns 1 Livre, consequently the Exchange was in the Disfavour of England, not quite 3 per Cent In the Year 1686. the Prohibition being quite taken off, the British Merchant Vol. I. p. 318, informs us, the Exchange was at 56d. per Crown the ...
Lars Magnusson, 1995
10
Jurisconsult Exercitations
We trust indeed, that there is a sufficiency of objection to the legality of the trusts, without aid from any topic of favour to the family of the testator or of disfavour to the trusts of his will. Yet it must be confessed, that the points raisable against ...
Francis Hargrave, 1813

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISFAVOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disfavour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Biblical marriage: Five couples in scripture we can learn from …
... made Hannah's life miserable because of it; infertility was a heavy burden in biblical times, because it was seen as a sign of God's disfavour. «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
2
High Court sets aside Delhi government order rejecting Uber's …
While the court said that Delhi authorities can impose strict conditions to regulate app-based taxi companies, it was in disfavour of a complete ... «VC Circle, Jul 15»
3
Rapper attacks fan during performance
Controversial local rapper AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, has once again found himself in disfavour with the country after he assaulted a fan ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
EU's Net neutrality move eases path for OTT video
"The record reflects that broadband providers hold all the tools necessary to deceive consumers, degrade content or disfavour the content that ... «Rapid tv news, Jul 15»
5
Elise Blumann's paintings cast Western Australia in a different light
“One is so used to old traditions that any departure is viewed with disfavour; on closer study, however, one is conscious of [her] motive; she has ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Cobham upgraded by ESIB
While admitting that it continues to disfavour the company's strategy of acquisition-led diversification, the broker pointed out that the shares now ... «Stock Market Wire, Jul 15»
7
Federer a homebody when it comes to Wimbledon
Hotels long ago fell into disfavour with players, who will do anything to beat the tiresome London commute down to Wimbledon. “I've done it ... «Gulf Times, Jul 15»
8
The “insidious evil” of private and public corruption: no escaping …
... affairs or business, or for showing or forbearing to show favour or disfavour to any person in relation to his principal's affairs or business”. «Lexology, Jul 15»
9
Cash in on the Growing Demand for Clean Energy With Brookfield …
... such as coal, falls into further disfavour. While investors wait for this to translate into a higher share price they will continue to be rewarded by ... «The Motley Fool Canada, Jun 15»
10
Cash in on This Global Macroeconomic Trend With Brookfield …
This seems costly for a company that's had its share price battered because it is operating in an industry that has fallen into disfavour due to ... «The Motley Fool Canada, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Disfavour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/disfavour>. May 2024 ».
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