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alienate
verb
1 alienate
Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness:
— She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious.
synonyms: disaffect, estrange.
Roget 898:
hate,
detest,
abominate,
abhor,
loathe;
recoil at,
shudder at;
shrink from,
view with horror,
hold in abomination,
revolt against,
execrate;
scowl
etc.
895;
disrelish
etc.
(dislike)
867.
owe a grudge;
bear spleen,
bear a grudge,
bear malice
etc.
(malevolence)
907;
conceive an aversion to,
take a dislike to.
excite hatred,
provoke hatred
etc.
n.;
be hateful
etc.
adj.;
stink in the nostrils;
estrange,
alienate,
repel,
set against,
sow dissension,
set by the ears,
envenom,
incense,
irritate,
rile;
horrify
etc.
830;
roil.
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Roget 889:
be inimical
etc.
adj.;
keep at arm's length,
hold at arm's length;
be at loggerheads;
bear malice
etc.
907;
fall out;
take umbrage
etc.
900;
harden the heart,
alienate,
estrange.
[not friendly, but not hostile].
(indifference).
866.
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Dutch: vervreemden
2 alienate
3 alienate
Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.
Dutch: vervreemden
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