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DISAFFECTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disaffected mean?
• DISAFFECTED (adjective)
The adjective DISAFFECTED has 1 sense:
1. discontented as toward authority
Familiarity information: DISAFFECTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Discontented as toward authority
Synonyms:
disaffected; ill-affected; malcontent; rebellious
Similar:
discontent; discontented (showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing)
Context examples
Or rather, I suppose the truth was this, that all hands were disaffected by the example of the ringleaders—only some more, some less; and a few, being good fellows in the main, could neither be led nor driven any further.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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