alienate

Etymology
From, from , perfect passive participle of , from ,. See, and compare.

Adjective

 * 1)  Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign

Noun

 * 1)  A stranger; an alien.

Verb

 * 1) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
 * 2) To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
 * 3) To cause one to feel unable to relate.
 * 1) To cause one to feel unable to relate.
 * 1) To cause one to feel unable to relate.
 * 1) To cause one to feel unable to relate.
 * 1) To cause one to feel unable to relate.

Usage notes
Alienate is largely synonymous with. However, alienate is used primarily to refer to driving off (“he alienated her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks alienated the urban demographic”), while estrange is used rather to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Latvian: atsavināt
 * Macedonian: о́туѓи
 * Maori: whakarere rawa
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: відчу́жувати, відчу́жити


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, , znepřátelit si
 * Danish: fremmedgøre
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fremdigi
 * Faroese: styggja frá sær
 * Finnish: vieraannuttaa
 * French:
 * Galician: alienar
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ניכר
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 疎む, 疎んじる,, ,
 * Latin: aliēnō, abaliēnō
 * Latvian: atsvešināt
 * Macedonian: о́туѓи
 * Maltese: barra
 * Maori: whakakaikiri
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: āfremdan
 * Polish:, , zalienować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ; , ; ,
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: відчу́жувати, відчу́жити


 * Bulgarian:
 * German:
 * Gilbertese:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: ,