disfavor.

1. Unfavorable regard, lack of approval or withdrawal of favor.

2. To regard or treat someone or something unfavorably or less favorably than an alternative.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• fall into disfavor
• view with disfavor

On the page

The proposal fell into disfavor after its principal assumption proved unreliable.

The narrator viewed the fashionable explanation with disfavor but did not explain the grounds.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, narrative analysis, characterization, contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: disfavors.