as in hostile
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as in angered
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
her changed position on the issue surprised and alienated many of her supporters
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as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
landowners have a right to alienate their right of ownership—in other words, they can sell the land if they want to
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Recent Examples of alienated
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Narrow caucuses composed of countries that can mobilize significant political and economic resources often end up excluding small and medium-sized states, leaving them alienated and marginalized.
—Sophia Besch, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Many attribute this downturn to Musk’s increasing political involvement and alignment with right-wing ideologies, which has alienated a section of the consumer base.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Obviously, males who are alienated and estranged from the mainstream.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025
Narrow caucuses composed of countries that can mobilize significant political and economic resources often end up excluding small and medium-sized states, leaving them alienated and marginalized.
—Sophia Besch, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Verb
Meanwhile, Gaines took aim at Jeffries for his argument, which alienated multiple Democrat voters after it was pushed by him and other Democrat lawmakers, prompting some of those voters to unregister from the party.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Many attribute this downturn to Musk’s increasing political involvement and alignment with right-wing ideologies, which has alienated a section of the consumer base.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alienated
Adjective
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The crowd was right on top of you there, the students rimmed the court, the very definition of a hostile environment.—
Jim Calhoun with Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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That’s coupled with a more hostile political environment for diversity-forward businesses.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And now America has unilaterally ceded the fight.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Rather than dive into a song and drop the curtain on a set anchored by a statue-like representation of two hands holding a crown, Blige disappeared and ceded attention to a video montage touting her accolades and achievements.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Christine Maron, Dominic’s mother, had gotten a temporary restraining order against her estranged husband in May, forbidding him from having contact with her or their children.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
14 June 2025
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According to Essence, Amerie and her estranged husband began dating in 2007 and later married in 2011.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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This involves distinguishing between the data plane, where information is transferred, and the control plane, which governs processes without directly handling the data itself.—
Taylor Brown,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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The three were transferred to another hospital.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The zoo staff set up traps in locations where the otters were seen more than once, but like any good story, antagonistic foil characters in the form of raccoons quite literally foiled their plans by interfering with the contraptions.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
12 June 2025
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Porter needs to take a more antagonistic stance against Arnold’s Folly, including demanding Newsom and the Legislature remove that funding.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Not quite unfriendly, but things have been on ice ever since, at least according to McDonald.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
29 May 2025
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Elon Musk appeared to cast an unfriendly gaze at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during President Donald Trump’s meeting with the foreign leader on Wednesday.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 May 2025
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Alienated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alienated. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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