DISFAVOUR
ADJECTIVES
► IN THE DOG-HOUSE in disfavour or disgrace → 1926 colloq.
NOUNS
► BROWN LIST an imagined list of those in disfavour → 1998 UK sl.
► MALGRACE disfavour; ill grace; ill favour → c1425 obs.
► OFFENCE disfavour, disgrace; a being regarded with displeasure → 1387 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AGINNER a person who tends to disfavour anything unfamiliar → 1941 Amer. dial.
PHRASES
► IN SOMEONE’S BLACK BOOKS in disfavour with someone → 1881
► IN THE DOG BOX in disgrace or disfavour → 1953 NZ colloq.
► IN THE DOGHOUSE in disgrace or disfavour → 1926 colloq.
VERBS
► BE IN GREAT UMBRAGE to be in disfavour → 1647 obs.
► BE IN ONE’S BLACK BOOKS to be in disfavour or disgrace → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GET A DOWNER ON to regard with disfavour → 1915 sl., orig. Aust.
► GLAVER to look with angry disfavour on, to frown, to scowl → 1881 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE A DERRY ON to regard with disfavour → 1883 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HAVE A DOWNER ON to regard with disfavour → 1915 sl., orig. Aust.
► HAVE A DOWN ON to regard with disfavour → 1828 sl., orig. Aust.
► HAVE A THING ABOUT to regard with disfavour, and implying an irrational or obsessive dislike → 1936 sl.
► HAVE ON THE COAT to place someone in a position of disfavour → 1940s Aust. sl.
► PUT ON THE COAT to place someone in a position of disfavour → 1940s Aust. sl.
► SNOUT to treat with disfavour, to harbour a grudge towards a person → 1916 Aust. sl.
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