ill favor
Example Sentences
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But Congressman Mills, for all his knowledge and dexterity with figures, had a manner that got him into ill favor with his colleagues, antagonized those with whom he had to work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Governor Norman has been in increasing ill favor with a section of the British Press.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 19th century, narrative paintings were used to please and instruct, yet the genre fell into ill favor with the advent of the moderns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles continued him in power after he had assumed the kingdom, but made such lawless demands on the Spanish people as to bring Ximenes into ill favor among those for whom he administered.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
Disrepute -- N. disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
