alienate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

alien·ate [alienate alienates alienated alienating] BrE [ˈeɪliəneɪt] NAmE [ˈeɪliəneɪt] verb
1. ~ sb to make sb less friendly or sympathetic towards you
•His comments have alienated a lot of young voters.
2. ~ sb (from sth/sb) to make sb feel that they do not belong in a particular group
•Very talented children may feel alienated from the others in their class.
Derived Word: ↑alienation
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Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: from Latin alienat- ‘estranged’, from the verb alienare, from alienus ‘of another’, from alius ‘other’.

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