Syn. -- Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility.
Dis`af*fec"tion*ate (?), a. Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [R.] Blount.
Dis`af*firm" (?), v. t. 1. To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
2. (Law) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.
Dis`af*firm"ance (?), n. 1. The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.
2. (Law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.
Dis*af`fir*ma"tion (?), n. The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.
Dis`af*for"est (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disafforested; p. pr. & vb. n. Disafforesting.] [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested.
Blackstone.
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Dis*ag"gre*gate (?), v. t. To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
Dis*ag`gre*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. désagrégation.] The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.
Dis`a*gree" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disagreed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disageeing.] [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F. désagréer to displease.] 1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems to disagree with what they call reason.
Atterbury.
2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.
Who shall decide, when doctors disagree?
Pope.
3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.
Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by from; as, I disagree to your proposal.
Syn. -- To differ; vary; dissent.
Dis`a*gree"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. désagréable.] 1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto.
Udall.
2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree.
Wollaston.
Dis`a*gree"a*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
Dis`a*gree"a*bly, adv. In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.