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Disaffect
/dɪsəˈfɛkt/
To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
📖 Definitions of "Disaffect"
verb
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To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
🔄 Synonyms of "Disaffect"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alienateverb | To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted. |
| estrangeverb | (transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged). |
| aliennoun | A citizen or national of another sovereign state. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Disaffect"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| estrangeverb | (transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged). |
| alienateverb | To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted. |
| alienverb | A citizen or national of another sovereign state. |
| abalienateverb | (civil law, transitive) To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. |
| strange | Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation. |
| sour | Tasting of acidity. |
| irreconcileverb | (obsolete) To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. |
| distastenoun | A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy. |
| disenamourverb | (transitive) To free from being in love; to cause to fall out of love. |
| disenchantverb | (transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion. |
| disuniteverb | (transitive) To separate, sever, or split. |
| strangernoun | A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. |
| disconnectnoun | A break or interruption in an existing connection, continuum, or process; disconnection. |
| dissocializeverb | (transitive) To render unsocial. |
| dejectnoun | One who is lowly or abject. |
| disanimateverb | (transitive) To deprive of life. |
| alienizeverb | (transitive) To render (something or someone) alien |
| unrelateverb | (transitive) To remove from being in relation to something; to dissociate. |
| disalliege | — |
| distancenoun | (countable) An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line. |
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