n. [ Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. défaveur. ] [ Written also disfavour. ] 1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551). [ 1913 Webster ]

Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An unkindness; a disobliging act. [ 1913 Webster ]

He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To injure the form or looks of. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. défavorable. ] Unfavorable. [ Obs. ] Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unpropitiously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disfavors. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]