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
Bother and alienate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bother" instead a verb "Alienate".
Common collocations
Cite this Source
Bother and Alienate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alienate/bother
Alienate & Bother. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/alienate/bother>.
Bother or Alienate. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alienate/bother.
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