disaffects
Makes others disloyal
Disaffects means to make disloyal or discontented, to alienate someone's affection or loyalty: Broken promises disaffect voters.
The word appears far less often than its adjective form disaffected, which describes those who have become alienated from a group, cause, or authority: disaffected youth, disaffected party members.
Cause emotional separation
- disenchantFree from false beliefs
- disillusionDestroy naive beliefs
- disgruntleMake resentfully dissatisfied
- antagonizeIncite hostility in
repel · detach · disengage · sour · embitter · displease · dishearten · demoralize
Crack or estrangement
- breachBreaking of agreement
- discordLack of agreement
- disconnectionState of being severed
- separationState of being apart
schism · disunion · alienation · withdrawal · discontentment · rupture · divide · fracture
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
ennui · disengagement · passivity · listlessness · boredom · torpor · numbness · lethargy
estrange
Cause emotional separation
- disenchantFree from false beliefs
- disillusionDestroy naive beliefs
- disgruntleMake resentfully dissatisfied
antagonize · repel · detach · disengage · sour · embitter · displease · dishearten · demoralize · dispirit
rift
Crack or estrangement
- breachBreaking of agreement
- discordLack of agreement
- disconnectionState of being severed
separation · schism · disunion · alienation · withdrawal · discontentment · rupture · divide · fracture · split
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- disinterestAbsence of bias
nonchalance · ennui · disengagement · passivity · listlessness · boredom · torpor · numbness · lethargy · withdrawal