'Disaffected' definitions:

Definition of 'disaffected'

From: WordNet
adjective
Discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious]

Definition of 'Disaffected'

From: GCIDE
  • Disaffect \Dis`af*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disaffected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disaffecting.]
  • 1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. [1913 Webster]
  • They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder. [1913 Webster]
  • It disaffects the bowels. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Disaffected'

From: GCIDE
  • Disaffected \Dis`af*fect"ed\, a. Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. --J. H. Newman. -- {Dis`af*fect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`af*fect"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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