English verb: disaffect | |||
| 1. | disaffect (emotion) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | ||
| Samples | She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious. | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to disaffect Sue | ||
| Synonyms | alien, alienate, estrange | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drift apart, drift away, wean | ||