ALL meanings of alienate
al·ien·ate
A a - verb alienate If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you. 3
- verb alienate To alienate a person from someone or something that they are normally linked with means to cause them to be emotionally or intellectually separated from them. 3
- verb alienate to cause (a friend, sympathizer, etc) to become indifferent, unfriendly, or hostile; estrange 3
- verb alienate to turn away; divert 3
- verb alienate to transfer the ownership of (property, title, etc) to another person 3
- verb transitive alienate to transfer the ownership of (property) to another 3
- verb transitive alienate to make unfriendly; estrange 3
- verb transitive alienate to cause to be withdrawn or detached, as from one's society 3
- verb transitive alienate to cause a transference of (affection) 3
- transitive verb alienate make sb hostile 1
- transitive verb alienate make sb distant 1
- transitive verb alienate isolate sb 1
- verb with object alienate to make indifferent or hostile: By refusing to get a job, he has alienated his entire family. 1
- verb with object alienate to cause to be withdrawn or isolated from the objective world: Bullying alienates already shy students from their classmates. 1
- verb with object alienate to turn away; transfer or divert: to alienate funds from their intended purpose. 1
- verb with object alienate Law. to transfer or convey, as title, property, or other right, to another: to alienate lands. 1
- noun alienate Cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged. 1
- noun alienate (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A stranger; an alien. 0
- verb alienate To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. 0
- verb alienate To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean. 0
- adjective alienate Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from. 0