alienating

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   causing hostility or loss of friendliness

   “her sudden alienating aloofness”

   Similarantagonistic

Questions about alienating

What does alienating mean?

alienating means "causing hostility or loss of friendliness".

How many syllables are in alienating?

alienating has 5 syllables: a-li-e-na-ting. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪliəˌneɪtɪŋ/.

Is alienating a common word?

alienating is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with alienating?

10 words rhyme with alienating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.