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 | ||