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1. Causing hostility or loss of friendliness
   "her sudden alienating aloofness"

1. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
   "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
   - estrange, alien, disaffect
    
2. Transfer property or ownership
   "The will alienated the property to the heirs"
   - alien
    
3. Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
   "the boring work alienated his employees"

See also: alienable, alienator, antagonistic

Type of: affect, alter, change, impress, modify, move, strike, transfer

Encyclopedia: Alienate