estranged; estranging
1
: to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness : alienate
John's excesses gradually estranged him from his mother …—
Philip Norman
Philip NormanShe became estranged from her family.
2
: to remove from customary environment or associations
The first words spoken were not those of one becoming estranged from this world, and already permitted to stray at times into realms foreign to the living.—Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
estranger
noun
Examples of estrange in a Sentence
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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But this is also a movie about parents who are fighting to hold on to the children who are for one reason or another, estranged.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Jackson was estranged from her family and was never reported missing, Fitzpatrick said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
Old Hollywood star Joan Crawford was estranged from two of her children, Christina and Christopher, at the time of her death in 1977
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Hollywood legend Joan Crawford had a complicated relationship with her children.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
More than one in four, 29%, of Americans are estranged from an immediate family member, according to a 2022 YouGov poll of 11,000 people.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
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Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Jackson was estranged from her family and was never reported missing, Fitzpatrick said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
Old Hollywood star Joan Crawford was estranged from two of her children, Christina and Christopher, at the time of her death in 1977
8 Comments
Hollywood legend Joan Crawford had a complicated relationship with her children.
—Julie Tremaine, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
More than one in four, 29%, of Americans are estranged from an immediate family member, according to a 2022 YouGov poll of 11,000 people.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for estrange
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estrange. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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