DISAFFECTED Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of disaffected

as in disgruntled

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verb

past tense of disaffect

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

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Maybe that was a way of calming his nerves, but the upshot is to give him a disaffected air that’s almost Lou Reed adjacent. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 Only through these measures will this awful regime be removed by disaffected parts of the army, which has not been totally infested with extremists. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 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 Many Democrats are also trying to win over disaffected MAHA moms. — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disaffected

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffected

Adjective

He is joined by John Goodman as the disgruntled president of the United States.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 July 2026
After a fire—rumored to have been set by a disgruntled former suitor of one of the Gangotena daughters—badly damaged the mansion, Italian architects rebuilt it in the early 20th century, giving it its distinctive Neoclassical character.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of disgruntled

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The View From the FCC’s flank The FCC’s aggressive pressure on news networks has infuriated the dissenting member of the commission.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
They’re infuriated with a military that turned out to repress civilian protests in recent years, but appeared slow to mobilize in support of earthquake victims this week.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026

Definition of infuriated

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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

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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

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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

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