Estrange

Word ESTRANGE
Character 8
Hyphenation es trange
Pronunciations /əˈstɹeɪndʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Estrange"

What do we mean by estrange?

To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. transitive verb

To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. transitive verb

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.

Foreign; strange.

Reserved; haughty.

A stranger; a foreigner. noun

To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. transitive verb

To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. transitive verb

To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. transitive verb

To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged). verb

To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. verb

Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness verb

Remove from customary environment or associations verb

To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).

To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.

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The word "estrange" in example sentences

He does not want to "estrange" the son he sees only several times a year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And home ends up being an old mansion with her hypochondriac of a mother and estrange half-sister. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As Jon Stewart's commentary on Dave Silverman's comments about the World Trade Center memorial demonstrated, unsophisticated criticisms of religion estrange reasonable people -- both fellow atheists, and potential religious allies. ❋ Chris Stedman (2011)

The letter also demands that an immediate investigation be launched into the activities of the Christian ministries operating on the Air Force Academy campus, due to reports from the parents of Academy cadets and graduates that at least one of these ministries is using cult-like tactics to recruit cadets and estrange them from their families. ❋ Chris Rodda (2010)

Never has a football club chosen to estrange itself so thoroughly from the opinion of the rest of the nation. ❋ Unknown (2012)

I'm taking her hat off, in the rain, her hair spills like spinach all the way down to her backpack, the top pocket where the bowl and the cinnamon estrange themselves from the coffee. ❋ Cooper Renner (2011)

And this very transformation saves him from speaking irresponsible words which estrange without reconciling and from making hasty judgments which are blind to the necessity of social progress. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some within the US war machine argue that a nastier insurgency is no bad thing, as it would estrange the Taliban more from the population they claim to govern. ❋ Unknown (2012)

First off, standing up for equality does not ipso facto estrange us from America. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Still estrange from her dad, he feels for him as he is going blind. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The more they think the problem is with piracy, the more they estrange their customers/encourage the pirates. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Okay, the humans on the spaceship talk, but I think this was only done so as not to completely estrange the expected largely under-14 audience. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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