disallow

Meaning

1. To refuse to allow.
2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
3. (UK, historical) To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.

Synonyms

forbid

prohibit

interdict

reject

ban

refuse

disavow

decline

spurn

proscribe

dismiss

nix

withhold

shun

resend

disapprove

turn down

relay

repulse

expel

send back

veto

discard

throw away

chase

emboss

tool

drive away

bar

disagree

dispose

repress

disapprove of

look askance at

overrule

repel

refute

inhibit

debar

chase away

rebuke

rebut

condemn

taboo

dump

not let

stop

🛑

not permit

abjure

abnegate

Translations

rechazar

verwerpen

afkeuren

verweigern

weigeren

rejeitar

afslaan

weigern

afwijzen

abweisen

refusar

abschlagen

interdire

ausmerzen

ablehnen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsəˈlaʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: disallowen

In summary

From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.