disaffect

[ dis-uh-fekt ]

See synonyms for: disaffect disaffected on Thesaurus.com

verb (used with object)

to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.

Origin of disaffect

First recorded in 1615–25; dis-¹ + affect²

synonym study For disaffect

See estrange.

Words Nearby disaffect

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How to use disaffect in a sentence

As is often the case in journalism, if you disaffect both parties you know you are doing something right.
Ground These Planes! | Clive Irving | June 27, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Be sure that you keep up true conjugal love to one another, and that you grow not to disaffect the persons of each other.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) | Richard Baxter
And these first glimpses of the happy lives of others seemed to disaffect me more than ever with my own.
Richard Vandermarck | Miriam Coles Harris

British Dictionary definitions for disaffect

disaffect

/ (ˌdɪsəˈfɛkt) /

verb

(tr; often passive) to cause to lose loyalty or affection; alienate

Derived forms of disaffect

disaffectedly, adverb
disaffectedness, noun

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