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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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as in disgruntled
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Recent Examples of disaffected
Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
These groups are better thought of as fandoms—a hybrid threat network of disaffected people that can include Columbine obsessives, neo-Nazis, child groomers, and trolls.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
That Kim attended the parade, a first for a North Korean leader since 1959, underscores that this is a collection of disaffected powers—and China is happy to marshal them.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Platner told Semafor that and said his party needs to turn out disaffected voters, not just reliable Democrats.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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International responses have been further hampered by an uptick in global crises, which ISIS has used to further drive division and recruit among disaffected populations in nearly every corner of the globe.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
These groups are better thought of as fandoms—a hybrid threat network of disaffected people that can include Columbine obsessives, neo-Nazis, child groomers, and trolls.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
That Kim attended the parade, a first for a North Korean leader since 1959, underscores that this is a collection of disaffected powers—and China is happy to marshal them.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Platner told Semafor that and said his party needs to turn out disaffected voters, not just reliable Democrats.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disaffected
Verb
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Some of these killings infuriated local residents, many of whom believe killing bears should be the last resort.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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That has infuriated business leaders who complain it makes the state less competitive and drives away the wealthy.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Evidently, the result displeased Kinahan’s syndicate, which seemed to have expected the horse to lose.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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From a religious perspective, King Edward IV passed these laws on the grounds that God was displeased by anything other than modest clothing – for the lower classes, anyway.—
Michael Watson,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Children with backpacks and adults waited for access to the road leading to nearby housing, and disgruntled drivers slowly drove past the scene.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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This includes leader assassination attempts by political opponents or lone wolves or mutinies by disgruntled soldiers who might even march on the presidential palace to demand higher pay, promotions or other policy concessions.—
John Joseph Chin,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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Plotless, poetic, and devastating, the subject here is alienated affection.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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His predecessor, fellow two-time Coach of the Year Tom Thibodeau, may have been beloved by his favorite players, but his approach has occasionally alienated others.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The group confronted Turner about the donation at the February 2024 board meeting, and dissatisfied with her response, at least four of them — those who made the whistleblower complaint — resigned, according to the complaint.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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The event intends to create a conservative alternative for viewers dissatisfied with the football league's direction.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Theresa is easy not to notice in everyday life, and Keaton tapped into that ordinariness, along with the wanderlust that gripped so many discontented antiheroes of the 1970s.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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This mix of hypocrisy and corruption, combined with the failure to stop growing Jewish immigration in the 1930s, weakened Husseini’s popularity with the discontented masses.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which its nearest neighbors see as an homage to Japan’s past wartime aggressions, have also angered both of those nations.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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One of the first things Kelly did was choose not to retain longtime strength coach Tommy Moffitt, which angered people around here at the time.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Or annoyed at myself for the whole stunt.—
Junnelle Hogen,
Outside,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ball doesn’t seem annoyed by the memes yet, but the NBA season hasn’t officially started, so there’s still time.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Disaffected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disaffected. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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