| estrang | A quarrel estranged one boy from the other. |
| estrang | My dad's estranged. (Because mum's hopeless). |
| estrang | She is estranged from her parents. |
| estrang | What has estranged him from his sister? |
| estrange | (v) remove from customary environment or associations, Example: years of boarding school estranged the child from her home |
| estrange | (v) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness, Syn. disaffect, alienate, alien, Example: She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious |
| Estrange | v. t. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ] Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4. [ 1913 Webster ] I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Estrangedness | n. State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Estrangement | n. [ Cf. OF. estrangement. ] The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. [ 1913 Webster ] An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ] A long estrangement from better things. South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Estranger | n. One who estranges. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Estrangle | v. t. To strangle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |