as in disgruntled
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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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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
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
Essentially, a coalition with disaffected MAGA voters.
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Mishal Husain,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
Here was a photogenic boy-girl duo with two wonderfully wubby albums, a vague air of disaffected cool, and a very active Instagram account.
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Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
However, after Democrats lost support among many key voting blocs in 2024, including young Americans, some in the party believe that engaging in competitive primaries and electing new Democrats can help show disaffected voters that the party is evolving.
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Elena Moore,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Many Democrats are also trying to win over disaffected MAHA moms.
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Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
Essentially, a coalition with disaffected MAGA voters.
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Mishal Husain,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
Here was a photogenic boy-girl duo with two wonderfully wubby albums, a vague air of disaffected cool, and a very active Instagram account.
—
Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
However, after Democrats lost support among many key voting blocs in 2024, including young Americans, some in the party believe that engaging in competitive primaries and electing new Democrats can help show disaffected voters that the party is evolving.
—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffected
Adjective
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Some All-Stars have become disgruntled for far less.
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De Borbon dismisses the accusations as coming from a small group of disgruntled owners.
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By the second half, the two teams meandering about the pitch infuriated everyone not on the pitch.
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Just six months into a four-year term, the new mayor has infuriated some allies who endorsed him over Andrew Cuomo last year as divisions among progressive candidates define the primary season.
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Many of Furgeson’s subjects were displeased by his haughty musings, which would seem less out of place if he was garbed in a royal mantle and wielding a golden scepter.
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Bromley, displeased, asked for a show of hands from anyone who believed that this was the most interesting story Jamie had to tell about himself.
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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.
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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.
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Since the Six-Day War in 1967, which resulted in the emergence of the messianic Gush Emunim movement and the planting of settlements in the West Bank, changes within Israeli society have alienated many American Jews, as well as secular, left-wing Israelis.
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Visiting New York shortly after September 11th, Habermas was alienated by an upsurge of patriotic blather and xenophobia.
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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.
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The protagonist tacks between monikers, dissatisfied by what each represents.
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So that journey from being an embittered, grumpy, individual turns into something incredibly progressive, beautiful and quite life-affirming.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor plays an embittered furniture store owner who discovers a passage into the mundane alt-space, eventually drawing two young employees and his therapist, played by fellow Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve, into also braving its potential dangers.
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Though both agree that in real life, Berlant would fit in more easily than Early, who, during a break from the shoot, angered a trio of local Hamptonites merely by using the bathroom at a Citarella.
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Though net migration is down, many are angered by migrants entering the country illegally — specifically the sight of people, often escaping war zones such as Afghanistan and Sudan, arriving on British shores in inflatable boats after making the dangerous journey across the English Channel.
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“Disaffected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffected. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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