"alienating" in the verb sense
1. estrange, alienate, disaffect
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
2. alien, alienate
transfer property or ownership
"The will aliened the property to the heirs"
3. alienate
make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
"the boring work alienated his employees"
"alienating" in the adjective sense
1. alienating
causing hostility or loss of friendliness
"her sudden alienating aloofness"
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