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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Mica and John-Paul, who is the pastor at Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, were estranged at the time of her death.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Rousseau was estranged from one adult daughter and in only occasional contact with another.
—Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Even Vice President Kamala Harris has been mostly estranged from her father since her parents’ divorce.
—Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
Ask her if her promise to change was genuine or, if not, what her reasons for being estranged from you are.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Rousseau was estranged from one adult daughter and in only occasional contact with another.
—Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Even Vice President Kamala Harris has been mostly estranged from her father since her parents’ divorce.
—Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
Ask her if her promise to change was genuine or, if not, what her reasons for being estranged from you are.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/estrange. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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