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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 hostile
Familiarity information: ALIENATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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