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Disaffect   /dˌɪsəfˈɛkt/   Listen
Disaffect

verb
(past & past part. disaffected; pres. part. disaffecting)
1.
Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.  Synonyms: alien, alienate, estrange.



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"Disaffect" Quotes from Famous Books



... ever failed. Besides, I am apprehensive that she is prepossessed in favor of the other swain, the clerical lover, whom I have mentioned to you before. The chord, therefore, upon which I play the most, is the dissimilarity of their dispositions and pleasures. I endeavor to detach her from him, and disaffect her towards him; knowing that, if I can separate them entirely, I shall be more likely to succeed in my plan. Not that I have any thoughts of marrying her myself; that will not do at present. But I love her too well to see her connected with another for life. I must own myself a little ...
— The Coquette - The History of Eliza Wharton • Hannah Webster Foster



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