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alienate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disaffect, estrange |
| Type of | modify, change, alter |
| Has types | drift apart, wean, drift away |
| Derivation | alienator |
She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious.
Examples of alienate
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It seems such a short sighted marketing plan to me to alienate future customers.
From the expressandstar.com
For one, it has a loyal Hispanic customer base that it can't afford to alienate.
From the nytimes.com
However, he doesn't want to alienate the remaining, presumably loyal, employees.
From the toledoblade.com
Don't alienate the whole new audience you've spent the last five years creating.
From the metro.co.uk
What he really wants to talk about is something he worries will alienate people.
From the guardian.co.uk
I shied away from the word vegetarian, because I didn't want to alienate anyone.
From the omaha.com
Why should Brown alienate Stoops by voting from his heart rather than his head?
From the denverpost.com
The president's first speech on education may alienate some in teachers unions.
From the latimes.com
If Grayson takes Bunning on, he can't help but alienate a portion of that base.
From the kentucky.com
- Estrange: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
- Alien: transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
- Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"
- (alienated) socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"
- (alienated) caused to be unloved
- (alienating) causing hostility or loss of friendliness; "her sudden alienating aloofness"
- (Alienated (Eureka)) The following is a list of episodes for the American science fiction drama Eureka. In addition to the regularly televised episodes, there is a short webisode series called "Hide and Seek", which is available on Syfy's Eureka homepage.
- (Alienated (TV series)) Alienated is a Canadian science fiction TV series filmed and set in Victoria, British Columbia. The series premiered 8 July 2003 on Space and lasted for two seasons.
- A stranger; an alien; To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of; To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean; Estranged; withdrawn in ...
