alienateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/us/ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt/alienate verb [ T ] (LOSE SUPPORT)
to cause someone or a group of people to stop supporting and agreeing with you:
All these changes to the newspaper have alienated its traditional readers.
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Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- anger
- annoy
- annoyance
- burn
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- harass
- nose
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- stick in sb's throat idiom
- tee
- toe
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alienate verb [ T ] (MAKE UNWELCOME)
to make someone feel that they are different and not part of a group:
Disagreements can alienate teenagers from their families.
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Excluding
- acid-free
- apart
- bar
- barring
- clannish
- cut
- discount
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- leave sb out in the cold idiom
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
- send sb to Coventry idiom
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