Associations to the word «Alienate»
Noun
- Tactic
- Radical
- Gentry
- Loyalist
- Peer
- Sigismund
- Legitimacy
- Sovereign
- Concession
- Invader
- Protagonist
- Oppression
- Tenant
- Masse
- Jealousy
- Backlash
- Disregard
- Policy
- Progressive
- Minority
- Parcel
- Dauphin
- Emptiness
- Ideology
- Marxism
- Emancipation
- Nugent
- Democrat
- Stereotype
- Communist
- Teenager
- Populist
- Vanity
- Communism
- Landowner
- Taft
- Kai
- Antoinette
- Bolshevik
- Crown
- Conservative
- Feel
- Behaviour
- Republican
- Peasant
- Follower
- Critique
- Muslim
- Reluctance
- Support
- Cruelty
- Foray
- Temper
- Lifestyle
- Gladstone
- Puritan
- Spirituality
- Pro
Adjective
Wiktionary
ALIENATE, adjective. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.
ALIENATE, noun. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.
ALIENATE, verb. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
ALIENATE, verb. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean.
Dictionary definition
ALIENATE, verb. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious".
ALIENATE, verb. Transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs".
ALIENATE, verb. Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees".
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