The Clue
Turning away (10 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIENATING
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Notes
The answer ALIENATING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
ALIENATE as a verb:
1. (estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect) = arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
2. (alien, alienate) = transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
3. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"
ALIENATING as an adjective:
1. causing hostility or loss of friendliness; "her sudden alienating aloofness"