aliened

verb

past tense of alien
1
as in alienated
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring such angry outbursts will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left

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2
as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aliened
  1. alienated
  2. ceded
  3. infuriated
  4. conveyed
  5. estranged
  6. assigned
  7. angered
  8. transferred
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  • The costume misstep happened as Target’s sales have started rebounding from earlier company moves that alienated some customers and from a perception the quality of its stores and merchandise had declined.
    — Nancy Jiang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But in producing and posting videos that feel very much like ads for Higgsfield, both creators left portions of their audiences feeling alienated.
    — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of alienated
Verb
  • Why Chelsea ceded so much possession to Brighton is more complex — and an issue that has percolated beneath the surface for most of the BlueCo era.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Apple has largely ceded the frontier AI model market to competitors such as Google and OpenAI, choosing for now to focus on delivering the new technology through its high-end hardware.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ceded
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  • The White House’s abrupt decision last week to ease tariffs on 300,000 metric tons — more than 660 million pounds — of foreign beef imports has infuriated American cattle ranchers and congressional Republicans alike.
    — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The heated rhetoric has infuriated and astonished most Canadians; in a recent poll, seventy-six per cent supported the decision of the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, to walk away from trade talks with Washington.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of infuriated
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  • Experts say a big reason for the move higher was how little information Warsh conveyed about the Fed’s plans during that news conference last month.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Her public persona conveyed humor, faith, generosity, self-acceptance, and, for many people, an absence of judgment.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of conveyed
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  • Another country that Turkey was estranged from throughout the 2010s was Egypt.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Given that they’ve been estranged for so long, the new cohabitation brings tension, awkwardness and lots of comedy.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of estranged
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  • The oil major has been assigned two additional oilfields in the Orinoco Belt, the region that contains most of Venezuela's vast reserves of extra-heavy crude oil.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The company said Venezuela assigned its new oil fields to exploit in the country’s Orinoco Belt, a region that produces thick, sludgy, tar-like oil that many US Gulf-area refining facilities are tailor made to refine.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of assigned
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  • Sánchez is facing mounting scrutiny amid a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Ceuta, where the flood of thousands of migrants has angered residents in the tiny community, which is ill-equipped to handle such an influx.
    — Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors argued Monday that Kading’s disclosures angered Davis.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • Once released, she’ll be transferred to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Houser, who transferred from East Carolina, completed 13 of 17 passes for 182 yards.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
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“Aliened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aliened. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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