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2. make harmless, scotch, make incapable orineffective, paralyze, choke up; unman, disarm, emasculate, take the teeth out of; tie the hands of, clip the wings of, pull the rug out from under; enfeeble, weaken, enervate, debilitate.
3. disqualify, invalidate, disenable.
disabuse, v. undeceive, disillusion, disillusionize, unbeguile, disenchant; open the eyes of, wake [s.o.] up, clue [s.o.] in, make [s.o.] see the light; set straight, set right, correct; burst [s.o.'s] bubble, shatter [s.o.'sj illusions, make [s.o.] see the real world.
disadvantage, n.1. disadvantageousness, deprivation, privation, loss, lack, Archaic, discommodity; drawback, liability, handicap, weakness, weak spot, flaw, defect, fault, minus; inconvenience, trouble, pain in the neck; stumbling block, impediment, obstacle, hindrance, barrier, hurdle.
2. prejudice, disservice; detriment, harm, damage, injury, mischief.
3. at a disadvantage with one arm tied, behind the eightball; in a tight spot, cornered, in a corner, boxed in, between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis; up a tree, at bay.
disadvantageous, adj.1. unfavorable, inopportune, inauspicious, unpropitious; unseasonable, ill-timed, ill-starred; unfortunate, unlucky, hapless; inconvenient, discommodious, troublesome, bothersome, annoying, obnoxious, offensive; burdensome, onerous, awkward.
2. inadvisable, inexpedient, injudicious, imprudent, unwise.
3. detrimental, deleterious, baleful, harmful, hurtful, injurious; damaging, destructive, disastrous, calamitous; noxious, unhealthy, pernicious, poisonous, baneful.
disaffect, v. alienate, estrange, divide, disunite, come between; antagonize, set against, set at odds or variance; anger, incense, provoke, heat up, Chiefly U.S.
rile, madden, infuriate, enrage; exacerbate, aggravate, embitter, envenom.
disaffected, adj.alienated, estranged, divided, disunited, separated, torn; implacable, irreconcilable, inexorable; bitter, vindictive, revengeful, spiteful; hostile, antagonistic, inimical, antipathetic, unfriendly, averse; dissatisfied, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, Inf.fed up; seditious, mutinous, rebellious, up in arms.
disaffection, n.alienation, estrangement, separation, division, disunion; disloyalty, infidelity, inconstancy, unfaithfulness, unsteadfastness; hostility, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, animosity, ill will, bad blood; anger, dudgeon, high dudgeon, spleen, rancor, bitterness; resentment, umbrage, offense, pique; dissatisfaction, discontentment, displeasure, disapproval, disapprobation; aversion, dislike, disinclination, disfavor, disgust, abhorrence, repugnance, loathing.
disagree, v. 1. differ, fail to agree, disaccord, be at variance, be at odds; think differently, stand in opposition, stand in opposite corners, diverge, deviate; part company, go separate ways, have a difference of opinion.
2. conflict, oppose, clash; contrast, vary, be dissimilar, be unlike, be different; contradict, run counter to, counter, contravene.
3. altercate, argue, quarrel, dispute, spar, have words, fall out; bicker, spat, tiff; quibble, squabble, wrangle; debate, dissent, contend, take issue with, contest, object, Scot.
thraw.
4. offend, sicken, nauseate; disturb, trouble, bother, discommode, jar, interfere.
disagreeable, adj.1. unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing, distasteful; nauseating, nauseous, sickening, unpalatable, unsavory; disgusting, noisome, SI.
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