alienate
verb/ˈeɪliəneɪt/
/ˈeɪliəneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they alienate | /ˈeɪliəneɪt/ /ˈeɪliəneɪt/ |
| he / she / it alienates | /ˈeɪliəneɪts/ /ˈeɪliəneɪts/ |
| past simple alienated | /ˈeɪliəneɪtɪd/ /ˈeɪliəneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle alienated | /ˈeɪliəneɪtɪd/ /ˈeɪliəneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form alienating | /ˈeɪliəneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈeɪliəneɪtɪŋ/ |
- alienate somebody to make somebody less friendly towards you
- His comments have alienated a lot of young voters.
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- alienate somebody (from something/somebody) to make somebody feel that they do not belong in a particular group
- Very talented children may feel alienated from the others in their class.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin alienat- ‘estranged’, from the verb alienare, from alienus ‘of another’, from alius ‘other’.
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