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Disaffected   /dˌɪsəfˈɛktɪd/   Listen
verb
Disaffect  v. t.  (past & past part. disaffected; pres. part. disaffecting)  
1.
To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. "They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army."
2.
To disturb the functions of; to disorder. "It disaffects the bowels."
3.
To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. (Obs.)


adjective
Disaffected  adj.  Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal.





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"Disaffected" Quotes from Famous Books



... judgment on the case, and the best construction that could be put upon their conduct would be sure to be suggested by her. But out of eighty boys it would not be reasonable to suppose that all should share this feeling alike,—we have seen already one exception; yet the disaffected were in a very small minority, and the majority was so overwhelming, and had amongst it all the best acknowledged strength and power of the school, that no one dared to say above his breath one word against Mrs. Brier, if he cared for ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 • Various
... insisted that neither the licentiate nor any of the other prisoners had any hand in the flight of Vaca de Castro; but that it might easily be seen that the slightest pretexts were resorted to on purpose to accuse them, who were already under suspicion as disaffected to the ruling party. Teased and fatigued by these solicitations, Gonzalo Pizarro refused to be spoken to on the subject; so that the licentiate and his friends were induced to try another expedient for his release. They conveyed to the lieutenant-general ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 • Robert Kerr
... Gazette was liked by all the boys with a few exceptions, which were to be expected and nowhere was anything but praise heard in regard to Jack Sheldon's first appearance as an editor for the disaffected ones were wise enough to remain quiet after the first ...
— The Hilltop Boys - A Story of School Life • Cyril Burleigh
... November, 1889, a rumor spread about that Constant and Deodoro were to be arrested and the disaffected soldiers to be sent away. It was time to strike. Early the next morning Constant rode out to the quarters of the Second Brigade, called it out, and led it to the great square in front of the War Department building. Deodoro took ...
— Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III • Charles Morris
... credulous, fellow extant! Whether his model friend George Saunders, can take to himself any merit for having created this now very general opinion in Europe (by virtue of his most extraordinary circulars), Smooth is unable to decide; but certain is it that every disaffected subject on the continent who can get up spleen enough to fancy himself a much injured republican—' Here General F—— interrupted, by submitting to the honorable Umpire whether these remarks were not gratuitous, irrelevant, and improper. The Umpire, ...
— The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth • Timothy Templeton


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