In order to conquer the centre, we'll have to alienate the left wing of the party.
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Alienate
//ˈeɪ.li.ə.neɪt//
Synonyms for "alienate" (128 found)
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Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
heat upindoctrinateinfuriateirritateisolateleavelight the fusemaddenmake overmake troublenegotiatepartpasspass onpass overpit againstprovokepull awaypull backpull out
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Verb(2 words)
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 30 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- alienar verb (to convey or transfer)
- alienar verb (to estrange)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 疏遠 /疏远 verb (to estrange)
Czech
4 entries- odcizit verb (to estrange)
- odtrhnout verb (to estrange)
- převést verb (to convey or transfer)
- znepřátelit si verb (to estrange)
Danish
1 entries- fremmedgøre verb (to estrange)
Dutch
2 entries- vervreemden verb (to convey or transfer)
- vervreemden verb (to estrange)
Esperanto
1 entries- fremdigi verb (to estrange)
Faroese
1 entries- styggja frá sær verb (to estrange)
Finnish
2 entries- siirtää verb (to convey or transfer)
- vieraannuttaa verb (to estrange)
French
2 entries- aliéner verb (to convey or transfer)
- aliéner verb (to estrange)
Galician
2 entries- alienar verb (to estrange)
- allear verb (to convey or transfer)
German
3 entries- befremden verb (to estrange)
- entfremden verb (to convey or transfer)
- entfremden verb (to estrange)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to estrange)
Greek
1 entries- αποξενώνω verb (to estrange)
Hebrew
1 entries- ניכר verb (to estrange)
Italian
4 entries- alienare verb (to convey or transfer)
- allontanarsi verb (to estrange)
- cedere verb (to convey or transfer)
- estraniarsi verb (to estrange)
Japanese
4 entries- ハブにする verb (to estrange)
- 仲間外れにする verb (to estrange)
- 疎む verb (to estrange)
- 疎んじる verb (to estrange)
Latin
2 entries- abaliēnō verb (to estrange)
- aliēnō verb (to estrange)
Latvian
2 entries- atsavināt verb (to convey or transfer)
- atsvešināt verb (to estrange)
Macedonian
2 entries- о́туѓи verb (to convey or transfer)
- о́туѓи verb (to estrange)
Maltese
1 entries- barra verb (to estrange)
Māori
2 entries- whakakaikiri verb (to estrange)
- whakarere rawa verb (to convey or transfer)
Norwegian
1 entries- fremmedgjøre verb (to convey or transfer)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fremmedgjøre verb (to estrange)
Old English
1 entries- āfremdan verb (to estrange)
Polish
4 entries- alienować verb (to convey or transfer)
- alienować verb (to estrange)
- wyalienować verb (to estrange)
- zalienować verb (to estrange)
Portuguese
2 entries- alienar verb (to convey or transfer)
- alienar verb (to estrange)
Russian
4 entries- отврати́ть verb (to estrange)
- отвраща́ть verb (to estrange)
- отдали́ть verb (to estrange)
- отдаля́ть verb (to estrange)
Sicilian
1 entries- allianari verb (to estrange)
Spanish
4 entries- alienar verb (to convey or transfer)
- alienar verb (to estrange)
- enajenar verb (to convey or transfer)
- enajenar verb (to estrange)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відчу́жити verb (to convey or transfer)
- відчу́жити verb (to estrange)
- відчу́жувати verb (to convey or transfer)
- відчу́жувати verb (to estrange)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
With that attitude, you will alienate all of your potential allies.
Source: tatoeba (8860380)
Yanni was attempting to alienate Skura from her friends.
Source: tatoeba (9768633)
If you don't want to alienate people, you must be kind.
Source: tatoeba (10674384)
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