Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
DISAFFECT
estrange, alienate, disaffect
(verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; “She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disaffect (third-person singular simple present disaffects, present participle disaffecting, simple past and past participle disaffected)
(transitive) To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`af*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disaffected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disaffecting.]
1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon.
2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder. It disaffects the bowels. Hammond.
3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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