Alienate and Upset

Alienate

Alienate verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.

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

Nearby Words: alien, alienation, alienating, alienable

Upset verb - To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.

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Alienate and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alienate" instead a verb "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

crush	alienate crush	upset crush
person	alienate person	upset person
girl	alienate girl	upset girl
friend	alienate friend	upset friend
Other words: people, wife, interest, relationship, team, audience, anyone, everyone, john, viewers, kids, friends, fans, fanbase.

Several test players were upset by early images of an angry-looking, rat-like "Scrapper" Mickey, and in order to not alienate them, Disney asked that Spector remove this aspect of the game.

Source: Executive Meddling / Video Games
If other plot-points are put on hold too long or too much in favor of tournaments, it could upset the show's pacing and alienate what attracted people to the story in the first place.

Source: Tournament Arc

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