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Definition of Disaffected
1. Adjective. Discontented as toward authority.
Similar to: Discontent, Discontented
Derivative terms: Malcontent, Rebellion, Rebellion, Rebelliousness
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
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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