ALIENATING Synonyms
There are 13 hypernyms of the word alienating. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ALIENATING
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disregarding | ||||||||
adverb • in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks | ||||||||
diverging | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • tending to move apart in different directions | ||||||||
estranging | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • making one feel out of place or alienated | ||||||||
isolating | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles | ||||||||
repelling | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | ||||||||
shunning | nounn | |||||||
noun • deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening | ||||||||
detaching | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • cause to become detached or separated; take off • separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment • come to be detached | ||||||||
disaffecting | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
verb • arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | ||||||||
distancing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the property created by the space between two objects or points • a distant region • size of the gap between two places • indifference by personal withdrawal • the interval between two times • a remote point in time verb • keep at a distance • go far ahead of | ||||||||
excluding | ||||||||
verb • prevent from being included or considered or accepted • prevent from entering; shut out • lack or fail to include • prevent from entering; keep out • put out or expel from a place | ||||||||
ignoring | verbv | |||||||
verb • refuse to acknowledge • bar from attention or consideration • fail to notice • give little or no attention to • be ignorant of or in the dark about | ||||||||
neglecting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • lack of attention and due care • the state of something that has been unused and neglected • willful lack of care and attention • the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern • failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances verb • leave undone or leave out • fail to do something; leave something undone • fail to attend to • give little or no attention to | ||||||||
ostracizing | verbv | |||||||
verb • expel from a community or group • avoid speaking to or dealing with | ||||||||
repulsing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • an instance of driving away or warding off verb • force or drive back • be repellent to; cause aversion in • cause to move back by force or influence | ||||||||
segregating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who is or has been segregated verb • separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation • divide from the main body or mass and collect • separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others | ||||||||
separating | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • independent; not united or joint noun • a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication • a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments adjective satellite • standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything • separated according to race, sex, class, or religion • have the connection undone; having become separate verb • act as a barrier between; stand between • force, take, or pull apart • mark as different • separate into parts or portions • divide into components or constituents • arrange or order by classes or categories • make a division or separation • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways • go one's own way; move apart • become separated into pieces or fragments • treat differently on the basis of sex or race • move or break apart • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | ||||||||
estrange | verbv | |||||||
verb • remove from customary environment or associations • arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | ||||||||
alien | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country • anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found • a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere adjective satellite • not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something • being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world verb • transfer property or ownership | ||||||||
antagonize | verbv | |||||||
verb • provoke the hostility of • act in opposition to | ||||||||
disaffect | verbv | |||||||
verb • arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | ||||||||