An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DISAFFECTED
disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious
(adjective) discontented as toward authority
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disaffected
simple past tense and past participle of disaffect
Adjective
disaffected (comparative more disaffected, superlative most disaffected)
Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal.
(obsolete) Affected with disease.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`af*fect"ed, a.
Definition: Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman.
– Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv.
– Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.
DISAFFECT
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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