| VERB | emotion | alienate, estrange, disaffect | arouse hostility or indifference / indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | alienate, alien | transfer property or ownership | |
| emotion | alienate | make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated |
| Sounds | ey'lyahney.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Arouse hostility or indifference / indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to alienate Sue | |
| Example | "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" | |
| Synonyms | estrange, disaffect | |
| Narrower | drift apart, drift away | Lose personal contact over time |
| wean | detach the affections of | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | alienar, enajenar | |
| Catalan | alienar | |
| Nouns | alienator | an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile |
| Meaning | transfer property or ownership. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | alien | |
| Broader | transfer | Cause to change ownership |
| Spanish | alienar | |
| Catalan | alienar | |
| Adjectives | alienable | transferable to another owner |
| Meaning | Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "the boring work alienated his employees" | |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Spanish | alienar | |
| Catalan | alienar | |
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