ALIENATED Synonyms: 162 Similar and Opposite Words

alienated 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of alienated

as in hostile

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alienated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of alienate

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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expropriated

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Recent Examples of alienated

Adjective

By the end, he's alienated (sorry) his wife and children, among others. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 Angry, alienated men have taken shots at the president, stormed the Capitol, and attacked state legislators in their homes. — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Verb

This centralized approach has increasingly alienated both confederations and FIFA’s own administration. — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 She was promptly alienated by both the receptionist and the doctor and placed in what appeared to be a dirty linen closet instead of an examination room. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for alienated

Recent Examples of Synonyms for alienated

Adjective

Forecasters said the system is expected to be short-lived because of hostile environmental conditions starting on Friday that will prevent it from developing further.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Electronic warfare systems such as NGJ-MB are carried by aircraft and use advanced electronics to interfere with or counter hostile electromagnetic systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of hostile

Verb

That will make affordable tickets more difficult to find, especially as the tournament reports registering record-breaking visits, and already has angered fans and some players.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
That angered Michigan Democrats who were frustrated with El-Sayed, and brought Jeffries and other Democrats into the fray, putting the candidate El-Sayed had invested the most in on the defensive.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of angered

Verb

Why Chelsea ceded so much possession to Brighton is more complex — and an issue that has percolated beneath the surface for most of the BlueCo era.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Apple has largely ceded the frontier AI model market to competitors such as Google and OpenAI, choosing for now to focus on delivering the new technology through its high-end hardware.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ceded

Adjective

The brothers were famously antagonistic toward one another, making Thomas’s image all the more unique.

— News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026
In Central America, for example, ants feed on acacia trees, a relationship that, at first glance, appeared purely antagonistic.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of antagonistic

Verb

But for the medieval and classics scholar in Kratz, the film invited questions and infuriated him at times.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026
Under its previous operator, Mountain View had been plagued by riots that drew negative press and infuriated locals.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of infuriated

Verb

Instead, detectives say the group used falsified invoices and documents and transferred cash into personal bank accounts.

— Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Defense lawyers have argued that the CIA’s treatment of Mohammed undermined the voluntariness of his later statements to the FBI, even though those interrogations took place after he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of transferred

Verb

Marie-Louise is enraged one minute, subservient the next, bullying the staff while throwing banquets for Nazi officials.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of enraged

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