Word

alienate, v.
(alienated, alienates, alienating)
freq. cnt. 3

arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

alienate disaffect estrange

sample sentences

"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

alienator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

estrangement

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

disaffection

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

hyponym

drift apart, drift away wean

make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
<verb.emotion>

alienate

sample sentences

"the boring work alienated his employees"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

strike, impress, move, affect

transfer property or ownership
<verb.possession>

alien alienate

sample sentences

"The will aliened the property to the heirs"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

alienable

semantic pointers

hypernym

transfer