favored

1. 1
   sided withverb

   Simple past and past participle of favor. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The judges favored the local team in every round.

   Voters favored the older candidate by a wide margin.

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2. 2
   pet (unfair)adjective

   Liked more or treated better than others, in a way that is not fair.

   Everyone could see that Max was the coach's favored player.

   A few favored workers always got the best shifts, and the rest got what was left.

   Similarfavorite, preferred, privileged, chosen

3. 3
   looksadjectivein compounds

   Used in words like well-favored and ill-favored: having a certain kind of looks or face.

   The prince in the story was tall, strong, and well-favored.

   An ill-favored old dog with a crooked face slept by the gate.

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