different between disfavour vs disapproval

English

Alternative forms

• disfavor

Etymology

From Middle French desfaveur

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?fe?v?(?)/

Noun

disfavour (countable and uncountable, plural disfavours) (British spelling)

1. Lack of favour; displeasure.
2. An unkindness; a disobliging act.
3. A state of being out of favour.

Synonyms

• maltreatment
• disfavour (rare, nonstandard)

Antonyms

• favour

Translations

Verb

disfavour (third-person singular simple present disfavours, present participle disfavouring, simple past and past participle disfavoured)

1. (British spelling) To show lack of favour or antipathy towards.

Synonyms

• discriminate
• maltreat

Antonyms

• favour

Translations

References

• disfavour at OneLook Dictionary Search
• disfavour in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

dis- +? approval

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s??p?uv?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s??p?u?v??]

Noun

disapproval (countable and uncountable, plural disapprovals)

1. The act of disapproving; condemnation.

Synonyms

• disapprobation

Antonyms

• approval

Related terms

• disapprobation
• disapprove

Translations

Further reading

• disapproval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disapproval in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disapproval at OneLook Dictionary Search