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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISAFFECTED, pp. or a. Having the affections alienated; indisposed to favor or support; unfriendly; followed by with or to; as, these men are disaffected with the government, or disaffected to the king, or to the administration.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1632 discontented and resentful especially against authority ; rebellious <disaffected youth>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 disloyal, esp. to one's superiors. 2 estranged; no longer friendly; discontented. Derivatives: disaffectedly adv. Etymology: past part. of disaffect (v.), orig. = dislike, disorder (as DIS-, AFFECT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Disaffected people no longer fully support something such as an organization or political ideal which they previously supported. He attracts disaffected voters... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Alienated, estranged, dissatisfied, disloyal.

Moby Thesaurus

alienated, allergic, averse, derelict, disenchanted, disinclined, disloyal, displeased, disunited, divided, estranged, faithless, false, fickle, hostile, inconstant, irreconcilable, not charmed, not true to, of bad faith, put off, recreant, separated, torn, trothless, unfaithful, unfriendly, unloyal, unsteadfast, untrue