Alienate
Contents
English
Adjective
Alienate (not comparable)
Noun
Alienate (plural Alienates)Verb
Alienate (third-person singular simple present Alienates, present participle alienating, simple past and past participle alienated)
- To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
- To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean.
Adverbs for Alienate
irretrievably; completely; irreconcilably; temporarily; permanently; successfully; finally; spitefully.
Thesaurus
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; withdraw
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/, SAMPA: /"[email protected]/
Synonyms
- (estrange): estrange, antagonize, isolate
