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- Dictionaryalienate/ˈeɪlɪəneɪt/
verb
- 1. make (someone) feel isolated or estranged: "an urban environment which would alienate its inhabitants" Similar Opposite
- 2. transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group: "they defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land" Similar
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ALIENATE definition: 1. to cause someone or a group of people to stop supporting and agreeing with you: 2. to make…. Learn more.
The meaning of ALIENATE is to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed. How to use alienate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Alienate.
Alienate definition: to make indifferent or hostile. See examples of ALIENATE used in a sentence.
Definitions of alienate. verb. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness. synonyms: alien, disaffect, estrange. see more. verb. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated. “the boring work alienated his employees” see more. verb. transfer property or ownership. synonyms: alien.
To alienate a person from someone or something that they are normally linked with means to cause them to be emotionally or intellectually separated from them. His second wife, Alice, was determined to alienate him from his two boys. [VERB noun + from] alienated graded adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, oft ADJ from n]
ALIENATE meaning: 1. to cause someone or a group of people to stop supporting and agreeing with you: 2. to make…. Learn more.
1. to turn away the affection of; make indifferent or hostile: He has alienated most of his friends. 2. to transfer or divert: to alienate funds from their intended purpose. 3. Law. to convey (title, property, etc.) to another: to alienate lands.
