Dictionary entry

Alienate

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪlɪəneɪt/

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪlɪəneɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) ဖဲကြဉ်စေသည်။ စိမ်းကားစေသည်။ ကင်းကွာသည်။ alienates, alienated, alienating

Definition

alienate /'eÇliǝneÇt/ v ~ sb (from sb/sth) ၁။ ဖဲၾကဥ္ေစသည္။ စိမ္းကားေစသည္။ The prime minister's policy has alienated many of his supporters. ၂။ ကင္းကြာသည္။ Many artists feel alienated from society. ❏ alienation / ' eÇliǝ'neÇʃn/ n [U] ~ (from sb/sth) အဆက္ျဖတ္ျခင္း။ ပထားျခင္း။ ကင္းကြာျခင္း။ His criminal activities led to a complete alienation from his family. ❍ Mental illness can create a sense of alienation from the real world.

Examples

  1. Would they dare risk alienating public opinion?
  2. Their campaign has alienated the public.
  3. The company fears noisy brightly-lit shops are alienating older customers.
  4. Crowded classrooms can alienate a shy child.
  5. The landowner is entitled to alienate the land to another.