alienating

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alienating

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adjective more alienating · most alienating

Tending to alienate. There was something distinctly low-key, even wilfully alienating about the band’s performance. A scattering of OK Computer tracks were interspersed with more abstract latterday material – the clatter of 15 Step and Myxamatosis.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of alienate

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Closest in meaning: antagonistic, antagonizing, distancing, expelling, disposing, banishing, marginalising, marginalizing, aversive, rejective, avertive, separative, antipathetic, adversive, disaffected, hostile

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@misc{alienating_2026,
  title = {alienating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alienating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}