DISFAVOUR


Meaning of DISFAVOUR in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

fall

Coal fell into disfavour on the grounds that steam engines are noisy, polluting and only 5 percent efficient.

The Basset connection brought Richard less profitable consequences in 1233, when Gilbert Basset fell under royal disfavour .

Ageing by sutures has now fallen into disfavour .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Ageing by sutures has now fallen into disfavour .

Although he had been forewarned, Rostov eyed the vessel with disfavour .

As a result various things, such as missionary work, now fall under a word which directs disfavour at them.

Coal fell into disfavour on the grounds that steam engines are noisy, polluting and only 5 percent efficient.

She sat down at the table and looked with disfavour at the glass in front of her.

The Basset connection brought Richard less profitable consequences in 1233, when Gilbert Basset fell under royal disfavour .

Those erecting barriers on the grounds of economy courted political disfavour .

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