MEANING
1. To make someone feel separated, unwelcome, or no longer loyal.
2. To transfer property or a right to another owner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- alienate a friend
- alienate supporters
On the page
His careful evasions alienated the friend he hoped to protect.
The decree alienated supporters who had once defended every decision.
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Word forms
- Base
- alienate
- Past tense
- alienated
- Past participle
- alienated
- Present participle
- alienating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- alienate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are alienating
- Present perfect
- have/has alienated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been alienating
- Past
- alienated
- Past continuous
- was/were alienating
- Past perfect
- had alienated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been alienating
- Future
- will alienate
- Future continuous
- will be alienating
- Future perfect
- will have alienated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been alienating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: alienate; alienates; alienated; alienated; alienating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: alienates.
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