'Estranged' definitions:
Definition of 'Estranged'
From: GCIDE
- Estrange \Es*trange"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Estranging.] [OF. estrangier to remove, F. ['e]tranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See Strange.]
- 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
- 2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. --Jer. xix. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference. [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]
Synonyms of 'estranged'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienated,
- detached,
- disaffected,
- disarticulated,
- disassociated,
- disconnected,
- disengaged,
- disjoined,
- disjoint,
- disjointed,
- disjunct,
- dislocated,
- dispersed,
- dissociated,
- disunited,
- divided,
- divorced,
- irreconcilable,
- isolated,
- removed,
- scattered,
- segregated,
- separated,
- sequestered,
- shut off,
- torn,
- withdrawn