disaffected Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
    alien; disaffect; alienate; estrange.
    • She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
  2. adjective satellite discontented as toward authority
    malcontent; ill-affected; rebellious.

WordNet


Dis`af*fect"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

Webster 1913