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alien absconder |
alienability |
alienable |
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Alienate
| alienated
| alienating
| alienation
| alienation of affection
| alienator
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Alienate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Alienate has 3 senses
- alienate(v = verb.emotion) alien, disaffect, estrange - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" is one way to alter, change, modify
- alienate(v = verb.possession) alien - transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" is one way to transfer
- alienate(v = verb.emotion) Array - make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees" is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Derived form noun alienator1
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to Alienate Sue
Derived form adjective alienable1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from . [1913 Webster]
"O alienate from God."
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Alienate, v. t.
- To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. [1913 Webster]
- To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. [1913 Webster]"The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart." [1913 Webster]"The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present." [1913 Webster]
Alienate, n.
A stranger; an alien. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Alienate, v.tr.
1 a cause (a person) to become unfriendly or hostile. b (often foll. by from) cause (a person) to feel isolated or estranged from (friends, society, etc.).
2 transfer ownership of (property) to another person etc.
1 a cause (a person) to become unfriendly or hostile. b (often foll. by from) cause (a person) to feel isolated or estranged from (friends, society, etc.).
2 transfer ownership of (property) to another person etc.
Derivative
alienator n.
Etymology
ME f. L alienare alienat- (as ALIEN)
THESAURUS
Alienate
abalienate, abrupt, alter, amortize, antagonize, assign, barter, bequeath, brainwash, cast off, cast out, cede, change, come between, confer, consign, convert, convey, corrupt, counterindoctrinate, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, deed, deed over, delete, deliver, demise, depart, devolve upon, disaffect, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunify, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, embitter, enfeoff, envenom, estrange, exacerbate, exchange, expel, fan the flame, give, give title to, give up, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, heat up, indoctrinate, infuriate, irritate, isolate, leave, light the fuse, madden, make over, make trouble, negotiate, part, pass, pass on, pass over, pit against, provoke, pull away, pull back, pull out, reindoctrinate, relinquish, remise, segregate, sell, separate, sequester, set against, set apart, set aside, set at odds, set at variance, set on, settle, settle on, shut off, sic on, sign away, sign over, sow dissension, split, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, step aside, stir up trouble, subtract, subvert, surrender, throw off, throw out, trade, transfer, transmit, turn over, uncouple, unyoke, wean, win away, withdrawROGET THESAURUS
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Transfer
VB transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.Enmity
VB be inimical, keep at arm's length, hold at arm's length, be at loggerheads, bear malice, fall out, take umbrage, harden the heart, alienate, estrange, (indifference).Hate
VB hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe, recoil at, shudder at, shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate, scowl, disrelish, owe a grudge, bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice, conceive an aversion to, take a dislike to, excite hatred, provoke hatred, be hateful, stink in the nostrils, estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile, horrify, roil.
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