alienate

adjective

1. Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from.

- O alienate from God. John Milton. Paradise Lost line 4643.

noun

1. (obsolete) A stranger; an alien.

verb

1. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious

Similar word(s): disaffect, estrange

Definition categories: emotion, alter, change, modify

2. transfer property or ownership

- The will aliened the property to the heirs

Similar word(s): alien

Definition categories: possession, transfer

3. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

- the boring work alienated his employees

Definition categories: emotion, affect, impress, move, strike