alienate

Meaning

Adj

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign

Noun

A stranger; an alien.

Verb

1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
2. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
3. To cause one to feel unable to relate.

Synonyms

estrange

alien

👽

shun

neglect

transfer

disaffect

disregard

avoid

eschew

assign

distance oneself from

slight

antagonize

dispose

expropriate

convey

discourage

demise

disturb

grant

submit

ward off

separate

dispossess

turn away

move

transference

dissociate

distance

distant

distribute

divert

divest

estranged

evacuate

excite

extradite

fend

fork out

fork over

form

give in

give up

irk

irritate

isolate

keep away

liquidize

make over

miss

negotiate

offend

offload

oust

pass on

pin

pitch

play

port

present

propagate

put over

reassign

abalienate

relocate

remove

render

reschedule

rob

sell

separated

set against

set apart

shift

sidetrack

stave off

strip

syndicate

take

take away

take off

fork up

traffic

transfuse

translocate

transplant

trouble

vacate

vex

wean

wrest

yield

carry forward

deed over

harrass

manoeuver

negociate

on the outs

sign over

yield up

act estrange

enstrange

saltate

cf. endow

redeploy

abandon

abnegate

alienated

alienation

allow

annoy

antagonise

attorn

avert

bother

bring forward

capitulate

carry

carry over

cede

cession

concede

deal

defer

deflect

deliver

deprive

disgust

dislocate

dislodge

displace

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: alienat

In summary

From Middle English alienat, from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“alienate, estrange”), from aliēnus, by surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.