Verb: alienate 'ey-lee-u,neyt
- Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious";
- estrange, disaffect
- Transfer property or ownership
"The developer alienated the land rights";
- alien
- Make withdrawn, isolated or emotionally dissociated
"the boring work alienated his employees"
Derived forms: alienates, alienated, alienating
Type of: affect, alter, change, impress, modify, move, strike, transfer
Encyclopedia: Alienate