ESTRANGED

alienated, estranged

(adjective) caused to be unloved

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

estranged

simple past tense and past participle of estrange

Adjective

estranged (comparative more estranged, superlative most estranged)

Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

Usage notes

• This is a relatively formal term. The more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.

Synonyms

• alienated

Coordinate terms

• separated

Anagrams

• dangerest

Source: Wiktionary

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ESTRANGE

Es*trange", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Estranging.] Etym: [OF. estrangier to remove, F. étranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See Strange.]

1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.

2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4.

3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope. He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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