disallow

Meaning

1. To refuse to allow.
2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
3. 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

alert

annul

cancel

cast

caution

contradict

control

deny

disbelieve

disclaim

discredit

disobey

disown

eject

embargo

eschew

exclude

fail

invalidate

negate

nullify

omit

outlaw

prevent

recant

restrain

scout

shed

tabu

throw out

throw up

vomit

warn

refuse permission

not allow

not obey

be unconvinced

not approve

not believe

not credit

not grant

not heed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsəˈlaʊ/

Etymology

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