1. alienate

verb. ['ˈeɪljəˌneɪt'] arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.

Rhymes with Alienate

• agglutinate
• alternate
• assassinate
• caffeinate
• carbonate
• chlorinate
• concatenate
• contaminate
• coordinate
• cross-pollinate
• culminate
• decaffeinate
• decontaminate
• denominate
• designate
• designate
• determinate
• detonate
• discriminate
• disseminate

How do you pronounce alienate?

Pronounce alienate as ˈeɪljəˌneɪt.

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Sentences with alienate

1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Restaurants that consistently deliver poor service alienate their customer base.

2. Verb, base form
Silence will only add salt to the wounds and will alienate you both even more.

Quotes about alienate

1. Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.
- William Hazlitt

2. Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
- Desmond Tutu

2. alienate

verb. ['ˈeɪljəˌneɪt'] transfer property or ownership.

3. alienate

verb. ['ˈeɪljəˌneɪt'] make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.