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English Dictionary: disaffected by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disaffected
adj
  1. discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
                     They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his
                     majesty's late army.                           --Clarendon.
  
      2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder.
  
                     It disaffects the bowels.                  --Hammond.
  
      3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed
            toward; to dislike. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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