Definitions
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Word origin
From Middle English alienat(e) (“deranged; uncertain; sequestred, secluded”), from Latin aliēnātus, perfect passive participle of aliēnō (“to estrange, alienate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from aliēnus. By surface analysis, alien + -ate. See alien, and compare aliene.
Used in a sentence
“O alienate from God.”
“The errors which […] alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.”
“The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Drive apart emotionally”8 letters
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