Aggravate and Alienate

Aggravate

Aggravate verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.

Alienate and aggravate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Alienate" instead a verb "Aggravate".

Nearby Words: aggravation, aggravating

Alienate

Alienate verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.
Usage example: his heartless treatment of their mother during the divorce proceeding has completely alienated the two children

Aggravate and alienate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aggravate" instead a verb "Alienate".

Common collocations

people aggravate people alienate people
insult aggravate insult alienate insult
customers aggravate customers alienate customers
players aggravate players alienate players
Other words: fans.
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