alienate

alienate (one) from

1. To isolate or estrange one from something. Her status as the teacher's pet alienated Lisa from her peers.

2. To cause a person or group to reject something. The candidate alienated many potential voters from his party when he insulted blue-collar workers.

to cause someone to feel negative about someone or something. The teacher alienated the entire class from the subject of calculus.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Winslow	WINZ-lo	English (Rare)
Concettina	kon-chet-TEE-nah	Italian
Catriona	ka-TREE-na, ka-TREE-o-na	Irish, Scottish
Tommaso	tom-MAH-zo	Italian
Priscilla	[pri'silə]
Heinz	HIENTS	German