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Alienates

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estrangeverb(transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
disaffectverb(transitive) To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty in; to alienate or estrange.
alienverb(transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
differsverb(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
disposesverb(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
excludesverb(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
alienationnounThe state of being alienated.
irritatesverb(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
detractsverb(transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.
infuriatesverbTo make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.
estrangingnounThat estranges; alienating, disorienting.
offendsverb(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
aggravatesverb(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
divisiveHaving a quality that divides or separates.
dislikesverb(transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
antagonizesverb(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
denigratesverb(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
stigmatizesverb(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
frustratesverb(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
ostracizingverbAn act of ostracization.

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