Definition of Disaffected

1. Adjective. Discontented as toward authority.


Definition of Disaffected

1. a. Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal.

Definition of Disaffected

1. Verb. (past of disaffect) ¹

2. Adjective. Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Affected with disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disaffected

1. disaffect [v] - See also: disaffect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disaffected

disadvantageous
disadvantageously
disadvantageousness
disadvantages
disadvantaging
disadvauntage
disadventure
disadventures
disadventurous
disadvise
disadvised
disadvises
disadvising
disaffect
disaffectation
disaffected (current term)
disaffectedness
disaffecting
disaffection
disaffectionate
disaffections
disaffects
disaffiliate
disaffiliated
disaffiliates
disaffiliating
disaffiliation
disaffiliations
disaffirm
disaffirmance

Literary usage of Disaffected

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of General Daniel Morgan: Of the Virginia Line of the Army of the by James Graham (1856)
"Morgan stationed in the disaffected region—Resolution of Congress—A new force enlisted —Arrests—The judicious policy adopted by Morgan—Its happy results—His ..."

2. The Making of the Nation, 1783-1817 by Francis Amasa Walker (1895)
"CHAPTER XIII THE CIVIL EVENTS OF MADISON'S ADMINISTRATION The Seventh Presidential Election—DeWitt Clinton Nominated by the disaffected Republicans and ..."

3. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"Wrote from Newcastle, that some papists and other disaffected persons, upon intelligence that the French were landed in the west, gott in a body together ..."

4. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"... rizing and sometimes disaffected. But what avail laws which are not executed ? Renegade aliens conduct more than one of the most incendiary presses in ..."

5. The American Historical Record by Benson John Lossing (1872)
"Morgan Lewis, disaffected, Governor of New York, and General in the War of 1812. Guilian VerPlanck, disaffected, but in Europe till 1783, President New York ..."

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