Estrange

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate.
  • v. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
  • v. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
  • v. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
  • v. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Foreign; strange.
  • Reserved; haughty.
  • n. A stranger; a foreigner.
  • To alienate; divert from its original use or possessor; apply to a purpose foreign to its original, proposed, or customary one.
  • To alienate the affections of; turn from kindness to indifference or enmity; turn from intimate association to strangeness, indifference, or hostility.
  • To keep at a distance; withdraw; withhold: generally used reflexively.
  • To cause to appear strange or foreign.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
  • v. remove from customary environment or associations
  • Verb Form
    estranged    estranges    estranging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move out    take out    remove   
    Cross Reference
    transfer   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alienate    disaffect    antagonize    isolate    wean   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ange    Grange    arrange    change    derange    downrange    exchange    grange    interchange    long-range