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Disaffect

Definition: Disaffect

Disaffect

Verb

1. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Disaffect \Dis`af*fect"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Disaffected; present participle verb or noun Disaffecting.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Disaffect

Synonyms: alien (v), alienate (v), estrange (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Disaffect

English words defined with "disaffect": DisaffectingIrreconcile. (references)

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Modern Translations: Disaffect

Language Translations for "disaffect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Farsi 

  

ازعلاقه ومحبت کاستن , بی میل شدن (Cloy). (various references)

   

German

  

unzufrieden machen (to disaffect). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tak setia (belie, unfaithful), tak senang (displeased). (various references)

   

Italian

  

disamorare. (various references)

   

Manx

  

jannoo mee-yeelys. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isaffectday

   

Portuguese

  

desafeiçoar (disfiguration). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

desafecto (disaffected, disaffection, malcontent), desafectar. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ทำให้ไม่จงรัก ัก"ี. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Disaffect

Derivations

Words beginning with "disaffect": disaffected, disaffecting, disaffection, disaffections, disaffects. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Disaffect"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "disaffect" (pronounced di'sufe"kt)
5-u f e" k taffect, effect.
4-f e" k tconfect, disinfect, infect, perfect.
3-e" k tbedecked, checked, collect, connect, correct, decked, deflect, deject, detect, direct, disconnect, disrespect, dissect, eject, elect, erect, expect, incorrect, indirect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, necked, neglect, overprotect, protect, rechecked, recollect, reconnect, redirect, reelect, reflect, reinspect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, trekked, unchecked, wecht, wrecked.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Disaffect

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-f-f-i-s-t"

-1 letter: daffiest.

-2 letters: affects, distaff, staffed, stiffed, taffies.

-3 letters: affect, cadets, decafs, defats, dicast, edicts, facets, facies, fasted, fiesta, fisted, sifted, tiffed.

-4 letters: acids, acted, adits, aides, asdic, aside, cades, cadet, cadis, cafes, caffs, caids, cased, caste, cates, cedis, cesta, cesti, cited, cites, daces, daffs, dates, decaf, defat, defis, deist, dices, dicta, diets, ditas, dites.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-f-f-i-s-t"
 

+1 letter: disaffects.

 

+2 letters: disaffected.

 

+3 letters: disaffecting, disaffection.

 

+4 letters: decaffeinates, disaffections.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Disaffect


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 69 73 61 66 66 65 63 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...    .-    ..-.    ..-.    .    -.-.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100110 01100110 01100101 01100011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#115 &#97 &#102 &#102 &#101 &#99 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0073 0061 0066 0066 0065 0063 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

387585677272716986

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Disaffect"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungdeutsch, Deutsche, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, alemán, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน

Indonesian

Indonesier, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, indonesio

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitalienisch, italiano, Iddaalish, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiesisch, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanisch, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, español

Thai

พจนานุกรมthailändisch, Thailänder, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglisch, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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