| VERB | emotion | disaffect, estrange, alienate | arouse hostility or indifference / indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
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| Sounds | dih.sahfeh'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | Arouse hostility or indifference / indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to disaffect Sue | |
| Synonyms | estrange, alienate | |
| Narrower | drift apart, drift away | Lose personal contact over time |
| wean | detach the affections of | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | alienar, enajenar | |
| Catalan | alienar | |
| Nouns | disaffection | the feeling of being alienated from other people |
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