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Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign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

👽

neglect

shun

transfer

disaffect

avoid

assign

slight

distance oneself from

disregard

eschew

discourage

dispose

convey

antagonize

expropriate

demise

disturb

ward off

submit

dispossess

transference

move

separate

grant

turn away

bother

deprive

allow

deliver

deflect

avert

defer

deal

attorn

alienation

abnegate

divert

concede

distribute

cession

distant

divest

distance

cede

estranged

evacuate

excite

alienated

Translations

aliéner

alienare

alienar

entfremden

vervreemden

alienar

αποξενώνω

alienar

enajenar

απαλλοτριώνω

verfremden

soğutmak

von sich fernhalten

kühl behandeln

vergessen werden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: alienat

In summary

From Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. by surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.