to look at with disfavour

  • 1disfavour — [[t]dɪsfe͟ɪvə(r)[/t]] (in AM, use disfavor) 1) N UNCOUNT: usu in/into N If someone or something is in disfavour, people dislike or disapprove of them. If someone or something falls into disfavour, people start to dislike or disapprove of them.… …

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  • 2look — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one s sight; turn one s eyes in some direction. b tr. turn one s eyes on; contemplate or examine (looked me in the eyes). 2 intr. a make a visual or mental search (I ll look in the morning). b… …

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  • 3disfavour — BrE, disfavor AmE noun (U) formal a feeling of dislike and disapproval: look with disfavour on/upon: The job creation program is looked upon with disfavor by the local community …

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  • 4United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 5literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 6Arjuna — For other uses, see Arjuna (disambiguation). A statue of Arjuna on a street in Bali Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna, Harjuno, Herjuno, Malay: Ranjuna; pronounced [ɐrˈɟunɐ] in… …

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  • 7Capuchin Friars Minor — • An autonomous branch of the first Franciscan Order Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Capuchin Friars Minor     Capuchin Friars Minor      …

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  • 8Immunity — • An exemption from a legal obligation (munus), imposed on a person or his property by law, custom, or the order of a superior Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Immunity     Immunity …

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  • 9slang — 1. The term slang is first recorded in the 1750s, but it was not used by Dr Johnson in his Dictionary of 1755 nor entered in it as a headword (he used the term low word, with implications of disapproval). Nonetheless, the notion of highly… …

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  • 10take against — TAKE A DISLIKE TO, feel hostile towards, view with disfavour, look askance at. → take * * * phrasal chiefly Britain : take sides against : oppose : feel dislike for or disapproval of nodded to the unknown guest; took against him Virginia Woolf… …

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