alienating

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ

Adjective

alienating (comparative more alienating, superlative most alienating)

1. Tending to alienate.
   • 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     There was something distinctly low-key, even wilfully alienating about the band’s performance. A scattering of OK Computer tracks were interspersed with more abstract latterday material – the clatter of 15 Step and Myxamatosis.

Derived terms

• alienatingly
• nonalienating

Verb

alienating

1. present participle and gerund of alienate