Estrange
[ɪ'streɪn(d)ʒ;e-]
Definition
(verb.) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; 'She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious'.
(verb.) remove from customary environment or associations; 'years of boarding school estranged the child from her home'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
(v. t.) To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
(v. t.) To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Withdraw, withhold, keep away.[2]. Disaffect, alienate, make unfriendly, make disaffected.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ALIENATE]
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Definition
v.t. to treat as an alien: to alienate: to divert from its original use or possessor.—p.adj. Estranged′ alienated: disaffected.—ns. Estrang′edness; Estrange′ment; Estrang′er.
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Examples
- Separation is then quite to estrange us, is it? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Bosnian annexation had the further effect of estranging Italy, which had hitherto been his ally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It estranged Rawdon from his wife more than he knew or acknowledged to himself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was not long before Olympias and Philip were bitterly estranged. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When once I am thoroughly estranged, I cannot help being severe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They estranged all Catholic opinion, as his coronation had estranged all liberal opinion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His mind was absent all the evening, estranged by the snow and his passion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- So far estranged, that I did not expect him to come and speak to me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- So he came down reluctantly, snow-burned, snow-estranged, to the house in the hollow, between the knuckles of the mountain tops. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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