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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of favour form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Treated or regarded with partiality.
2. 2
   Having a certain appearance or physical features. in-compounds

   "ill-favoured; well-favoured; hard-favoured"

3. 3
   Wearing a favour. dated

   "a white-favoured footman"

Adjective

1. 1
   preferred above all others and treated with partiality wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

belovedbest-lovedfavoredfavoritefavouritepet

Example

More examples

"The new bill favoured the rich disproportionately to the number of lower class."

Related phrases

hard-favouredill-favouredmost favoured nationwell-favoured

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