alienate

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verb

1. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness (Freq. 3)
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
• Syn:
estrange, alien, disaffect
• Derivationally related forms:
disaffection (for: disaffect), alienator, estrangement (for: estrange)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
drift apart, drift away, wean
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to alienate Sue
2. transfer property or ownership
- The will aliened the property to the heirs
• Syn:
alien
• Derivationally related forms:
alienable
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
- the boring work alienated his employees
• Hypernyms:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  alien, estrange, disaffect