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1. (v.t.) alienate
to turn away the affection of; make indifferent or hostile:
He has alienated most of his friends.
2. alienate
to transfer or divert:
to alienate funds from their intended purpose.
3. alienate
Law. to convey (title, property, etc.) to another:
to alienate lands.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L aliēnātus, ptp. of aliēnāre, der. of aliēnusalien)
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| Definition of 'alienate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
2. (verb) alien, alienate
transfer property or ownership
"The will aliened the property to the heirs"
3. (verb) alienate
make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
"the boring work alienated his employees"
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1. (verb) alienate
to make sb feel too uncomfortable to continue being part of a group
His jokes alienated many of the show; ’s viewers.
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| Definition of 'alienate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) alienate
estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from
2. (noun) alienate
a stranger; an alien
3. (verb) alienate
to convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of
4. (verb) alienate
to withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from
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Sense: to make someone feel unfriendly to one
He alienated his wife by his cruelty to her.
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 Afrikaans: vervreem |
 Arabic: يُنَفِّر، يُغَرِّب، يَوجِ |
 Bulgarian: отчуждавам |
 Brazilian: hostilizar |
 Czech: odcizit se |
 German: entfremden |
 Danish: fremmedgøre; støde fra si |
 Greek: αποξενώνω |
 Spanish: ganarse la antipatía (de) |
 Estonian: võõrutama |
 Farsi: از خود راندن؛ بیزار کردن |
 Finnish: vieraannuttaa |
 French: s'aliéner |
 Hebrew: לְהַרְחִיק, לְנַכֵּר |
 Hindi: विमुख करना |
 Croatian: otuđiti |
 Hungarian: elidegenít |
 Indonesian: membuat benci, menjauhkan |
 Icelandic: gera fráhverfan |
 Italian: alienare, estraniare |
 Japanese: 遠ざける |
 Korean: 멀리하다 |
 Lithuanian: atstumti |
 Latvian: atsvešināt |
 Malay: dipinggirkan |
 Dutch: vervreemden |
 Norwegian: fremmedgjøre, støte fra s |
 Polish: zrażać do siebie |
 Persian: از خود راندن؛ بیزار کردن |
 Pashto: له ځان څخه بیزاره کول |
 Portuguese: hostilizar |
 Romanian: aîndepărta |
 Russian: отчуждать |
 Slovak: odcudziť sa |
 Slovenian: odtujiti si |
 Serbian: otuđiti |
 Swedish: stöta bort |
 Thai: ทำให้หมางเมิน |
 Turkish: kendinden soğutmak |
 Taiwanese: 使疏遠 |
 Ukrainian: відштовхувати |
 Urdu: محبت اٹھا لینا ، کشیدہ |
 Vietnamese: làm cho xa lánh |
 Chinese: 使疏远 |
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