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ALIENATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alienator mean? 

ALIENATOR (noun)
  The noun ALIENATOR has 1 sense:

1. an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostileplay

  Familiarity information: ALIENATOR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALIENATOR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("alienator" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Derivation:

alienate (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness)


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