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estranged
[ ih-streynjd ]
adjective
- displaying or evincing a feeling of alienation; alienated:
The setting denotes the estranged environment in which the protagonists saw themselves when fighting for recognition.
- no longer in a friendly or affectionate relationship with a family member or friend, and typically living apart:
His estranged wife is living only 10 miles away.
estranged
/ ɪˈstreɪndʒd /
adjective
- separated and living apart from one's spouse
- no longer friendly; alienated
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Other Words From
- es·trang·ed·ness [ih-, streyn, -jid-nis, -, streynjd, -], noun
- un·es·tranged adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of estranged1
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Example Sentences
In one case, the mother has just one child, a daughter from whom she has become estranged.
Then there are the adult children estranged from their parents, who one day will be elderly and require care.
A recent New York Times article profiled parents estranged from their adult children.
As a soldier returning from Iraq, I felt both welcomed by and estranged from my tribe.
Earl tasks Phil with finding his estranged son, a pickup artist named Frank Mackey (Tom Cruise).
The memory of his father rose in his mind: he, too, estranged and defied; despair sharpened into wrath.
Then Bob had somehow kept his wife's love, and he, with senseless obstinacy, had estranged Helen.
You knew that I was estranged from my husband, and you knew what that so often means.
He was drawn into a series of deplorable controversies, which estranged him from many; but of his real friends he lost not one.
A short time ago they had been all in all to each other; and now so completely estranged as they were!
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