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Worried about fabricated denial? The opposite is conveyed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alienated

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'opposite is conveyed' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'worried about fabricated denial?' is the wordplay.
'worried' becomes 'ate' (something worrying may eat someone up).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'fabricated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'denial' is an anagram of 'aliend'.
'ate' going within 'aliend' is 'ALIENATED'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for alienated that I've seen before include "disaffected" , "divorced" , "Estranged" , "put off" , "Date Liane (anag.)" .)

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