Foreign; strange.Reserved; haughty.n. A stranger; a foreigner.To alienate; divert from its original use or possessor; apply to a purpose foreign to its original, proposed, or customary one.To alienate the affections of; turn from kindness to indifference or enmity; turn from intimate association to strangeness, indifference, or hostility.To keep at a distance; withdraw; withhold: generally used reflexively.To cause to appear strange or foreign.