alienating


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al·ien·ate

 (āl′yə-nāt′, ā′lē-ə-)
tr.v.al·ien·at·ed,al·ien·at·ing,al·ien·ates
1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange:alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions.
2. To cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate emotionally:The numbing labor tended to alienate workers.
3. To cause to be transferred; turn away:"He succeeded ... in alienating the affections of my only ward"(Oscar Wilde).
4.Law To transfer (property or a right) to the ownership of another, especially by an act of the owner rather than by inheritance.

[Latinaliēnāre, aliēnāt-, from Latinaliēnus,alien; see alien.]

al′ien·a′tor n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adj.1.alienating - causing hostility or loss of friendlinessalienating - causing hostility or loss of friendliness; "her sudden alienating aloofness"
antagonistic - arousing animosity or hostility; "his antagonistic brusqueness"; "Europe was antagonistic to the Unites States"
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