estranged
[ih-streynjd]
- displaying or evincing a feeling of alienation; alienated.
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Origin of estranged
estrange
[ih-streynj]
- to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
- to remove to or keep at a distance: The necessity for traveling on business has estranged him from his family.
- to divert from the original use or possessor.
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Origin of estrange
1475–85; < Middle French, Old French estranger; cognate with Portuguese estranhar, Spanish estrañar, Italian straniare < Medieval Latin exstrāneāre to treat as a stranger. See strange
Synonyms
See more synonyms for estrange on Thesaurus.comEstrange, alienate, disaffect share the sense of causing (someone) to turn away from a previously held state of affection, comradeship, or allegiance. Estrange often implies replacement of love or belonging by apathy or hostility: erstwhile lovers estranged by a misunderstanding. Alienate often calls attention to the cause of antagonism or separation: His inconsiderate behavior alienated both friends and family. Disaffect usually refers to relationships involving allegiance or loyalty rather than love or affection: disaffected workers, demoralized by ill-considered management policies.
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Examples from the Web for estranged
Contemporary Examples
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).
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Best Performances: ‘Boogie Nights,’ ‘Capote,’ and MoreMarlow Stern
February 2, 2014
Moses Farrow, now 36, and an accomplished photographer, has been estranged from Mia for several years.
Dick Diver begins as the graceful, competent king of the Riviera and ends as a washed-up drunk, estranged from everyone he loves.
He was so estranged from his three daughters that it took him several awkward moments to summon their names.
Historical Examples
Found all changed and estranged, and, he fancied, more wonder than welcome.
PoemsWilliam D. Howells
How talk, for instance, of the world and its pleasures to one who had been estranged from it!
BarringtonCharles James Lever
No sooner had I found my brother than I found him estranged from me in a hopeless cause.
KilgormanTalbot Baines Reed
The evidence of those who have been estranged from the Churches is worth considering.
Personality in LiteratureRolfe Arnold Scott-James
What chance was there of reconciliation with his estranged friends?
Lord George BentinckBenjamin Disraeli
estranged
- separated and living apart from one's spouse
- no longer friendly; alienated
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estrange
- (usually passive often foll by from) to separate and live apart from (one's spouse)he is estranged from his wife
- (usually passive often foll by from) to antagonize or lose the affection of (someone previously friendly); alienate
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Word Origin
C15: from Old French estranger, from Late Latin extrāneāre to treat as a stranger, from Latin extrāneus foreign; see strange
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Word Origin and History for estranged
estrange
v.
late 15c., from Middle French estrangier "to alienate," from Vulgar Latin *extraneare "to treat as a stranger," from Latin extraneus "foreign" (see strange). Related: Estranged.
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