disaffectedadjective
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈfek.tɪd/us/ˌdɪs.əˈfek.tɪd/no longer supporting or being satisfied with an organization or idea:
The party needs to take steps to attract disaffected voters.
Young people who are disaffected are no longer satisfied with society's values:
It's hard to cope with a class of disaffected teenagers.
disaffected youth
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- downhearted
- grieving
- miserably
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- not be a happy camper idiom
- wretched
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disaffection
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdɪs.əˈfek.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.əˈfek.ʃən/
a growing disaffection with the country's political leaders