alienating
Meaning of alienating
- make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.
an urban environment which would alienate its inhabitants
- transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group.
they defended the Masai against attempts to alienate their land
early 16th century: from Latin alienat- ‘estranged’, from the verb alienare, from alienus ‘of another’ (see alien).
Information about alienating
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of alienating
alien-at-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- alienating is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
alienating synonyms
Meaning cause (someone) to be no longer on friendly terms with someone:
Meaning cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
Meaning leave or separate oneself from (a group or place):
Meaning make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature:
Meaning (of two things) move away from each other:
Meaning cause to move or be apart:
Meaning divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly:
Meaning separate or be separated into parts:
Meaning separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect:
Meaning cause (a group) to break up or separate:
Meaning move from one place to another:
Meaning transport or carry to a place:
Meaning transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration:
alienating antonyms
Meaning come or bring together for a common purpose or action:
Words that rhyme with alienating
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