What is "estrange" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does estrange mean in English? Meaning of estrange definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "estrange" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "estrange": remove from customary environment or associations

Verb

  • Meaning: remove from customary environment or associations
  • Example: years of boarding school estranged the child from her home
  • Synonyms: estrange
  • Hypernyms: move out remove take out
  • Meaning of "estrange": arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

    Verb

  • Meaning: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
  • Example: She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
  • Synonyms: alien alienate disaffect estrange
  • Hyponyms: drift apart drift away wean
  • Hypernyms: alter change modify
  • Adjective: (transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).(transitive) To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
  • Synonyms:

    divorce, alienate, leave, divide, separate, wean, sunder, withhold, alien, disaffect, part, antagonize, split, withdraw, disunite, divert, sever, break up, turn off, disunify, drive apart, make hostile, put on the outs, set at odds,

    Antonyms:

    combine, connect, unite, marry, come, hold, keep, maintain, join, agree, stay, engage,

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