disaffect

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

From dis- + affect.

The disaffected of Massachusetts had collected a large quantity of military stores at Concord. — True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The lower classes in the city are utterly disaffected; their earnings are wrung from them by the tax gatherers. — The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The President in particular had repeatedly declared himself against any concession, insisting that no concessions would satisfy the disaffected. — Impressions of South Africa, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

estrange, alienate, alien

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