es·trange

(ĭ-strānj′)

tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es

1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate: The months of bickering estranged her from her family.

2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations: art that is estranged from its historical context.

[Middle English estraungen, from Old French estrangier, from Latin extrāneāre, to treat as a stranger, disown, from extrāneus, foreign; see strange.]

es·trange′ment n.

es·trang′er n.

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estranged

(ɪˈstreɪndʒd)

adj

1. separated and living apart from one's spouse

2. no longer friendly; alienated

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

estranged - caused to be unloved

alienated

unloved - not loved

estranged

adjective alienated, hostile, disaffected, antagonized a reunion with his estranged wife

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Translations

estranged

[ˈɪstreɪndʒd] ADJ → separado
his estranged wife → su mujer que vive separada de él
to become estranged → separarse

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estranged

[ɪˈstreɪndʒd] adj

[couple] → séparé(e)

his estranged wife → sa femme, dont il est séparé
her estranged husband → son mari, dont elle est séparée

to be estranged from → être séparé(e) de

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estranged

[ɪˈstreɪndʒd] adj → separato/a
to become estranged → allontanarsi, disaffezionarsi

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The favor which Anne of Austria thus extended to the young man, and the welcome sound of the language of a country from which the duke had been estranged since his stay in France, deeply affected him.

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She had too old a regard for him to be so wholly estranged as might in two meetings extinguish every past hope, and leave him nothing to do but to keep away from Uppercross: but there was such a change as became very alarming, when such a man as Captain Wentworth was to be regarded as the probable cause.

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The accession of wealth made no difference in his habits of life: he was a lonely old man, estranged from his other relatives, when my mother and I returned to England.

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So long estranged by fate and circumstances, they needed something slight and casual to run before and throw open the doors of intercourse, so that their real thoughts might be led across the threshold.

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'But, my dear Sir, though estranged (by the force of circumstances over which I have had no control) from the personal society of the friend and companion of my youth, I have not been unmindful of his soaring flight.

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Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias."

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Now the sight of this chateau had taken Raoul back fifty leagues westward and had caused him to review his life from the moment when he had taken leave of little Louise to that in which he had seen her for the first time; and every branch of oak, every gilded weathercock on roof of slates, reminded him that, instead of returning to the friends of his childhood, every instant estranged him further and that perhaps he had even left them forever.

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