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adjective

Definition of disaffectednext
as in disgruntled

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verb

past tense of disaffect
1
as in infuriated
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring the candidate tried to win over disaffected voters

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2
as in displeased
to make discontented the troops were disaffected by the extension of their tours of duty

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Recent Examples of disaffected
Adjective
Not every young author who writes about disaffected young protagonists is the new Sally Rooney. — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026 Many Democrats are also trying to win over disaffected MAHA moms. — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026 Jack Nicholson stars as a disaffected journalist who assumes the identity of a dead man in an attempt to start over, only to find that his new life is even more complicated than his own. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 In Virginia, Spanberger ran as a moderate and won support from most independents and a few disaffected Republicans. — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disaffected
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffected
  1. disgruntled
  2. infuriated
  3. displeased
  4. discontented
  5. alienated
  6. dissatisfied
  7. embittered
  8. angered
Adjective
  • The committee said in the report that Coupang has been the target of discriminatory pressure from the South Korean government that intensified in 2025 after a data breach perpetrated by a disgruntled former employee.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • On the streets of Moscow, disgruntled drivers wait patiently for gasoline in a long line of cars and trucks amid an acute national shortage.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Definition of disgruntled
Verb
  • When my friends found relief, they were thrilled—and infuriated.
    — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • By the second half, the two teams meandering about the pitch infuriated everyone not on the pitch.
    — David j. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
Definition of infuriated
Verb
  • Bad Bunny clearly saw something that displeased him on center court.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Some customers on social media are understandably displeased by the news, with users on sites like Reddit promoting physical copies as the best way to permanently own media.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
Definition of displeased
Adjective
  • Fortunately the wig has had a second outing with Fouracres donning it again in Episode 7, when his parody Attenborough turned up to wrestle a discontented rhino during Weekend Update.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Serious or not, secession — or independence, as some prefer to call it — has long been the dream of dissenters, of the discontented and those who feel put upon or politically unrepresented.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of discontented
Verb
  • Moreover, Iran alienated several of its neighbors in the Gulf by launching retaliatory attacks against them and upending regional trade through the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 3 July 2026
  • Unluckily, Alys, freshly alienated by Daemon, arrives just in time to nurse the enemy of her enemy back to health.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of alienated
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  • After a series of coups by officers dissatisfied with lagging counterterrorism efforts, juntas in the three countries booted France altogether, establishing close ties with Russia instead.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
  • The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Definition of dissatisfied
Adjective
  • Paul Giamatti playing a man who has grown increasingly embittered but is soft at his core?
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
  • So that journey from being an embittered, grumpy, individual turns into something incredibly progressive, beautiful and quite life-affirming.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
Definition of embittered
Verb
  • They also have been angered by Kennedy’s attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
    — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • They've also been angered by Kennedy's attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of angered

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