Overview of verb alienate

The verb alienate has 3 senses

• estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect -- (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious")


• alien, alienate -- (transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs")


• alienate -- (make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees")

Overview of adj alienating

The adj alienating has 1 sense

• alienating -- (causing hostility or loss of friendliness; "her sudden alienating aloofness")