All dis-favored antonyms
dis-faΒ·vored
D d adj dis-favored
- delightful β If you describe something or someone as delightful, you mean they are very pleasant.
- fashionable β observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- liked β to take pleasure in; find agreeable or congenial: We all liked the concert.
- desirable β Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
- popular β regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- wanted β to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
verb dis-favored
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- compliment β A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- laud β to praise; extol.
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- ratify β to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- welcome β a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- accept β If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- agree β If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
- like β in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- love β a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- countenance β If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
- go along β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- facilitate β to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- hearten β to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- inspire β to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- forward β toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- inspirit β to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- spur on β encourage
- honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- upgrade β an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- construct β to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- flatter β to make flat.
- credit β If you are allowed credit, you are allowed to pay for goods or services several weeks or months after you have received them.
- believe β If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
- trust β reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.