as in alienated
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to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estranged
Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Alongside the two leads, the cast includes Selma Blair as Tessa’s mom, Peter Gallagher as Hardin’s estranged father, and Jennifer Beals as Hardin's stepmother.
—Megan Vick, EW.com, 17 May 2025
The dramatic wheels are set in motion early, with Shu-Fen, always pressed for money, further strapped by her decision to pay for her estranged ex-husband’s funeral, while attracting the amorous attentions of the good-natured doofus who runs the neighboring knick-knack stand.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2025
Police arrested Mary’s estranged husband, Nathan Alan Gingles, for the crime.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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Adjective
In a well-meaning but poorly executed attempt at redemption, Zsa-zsa names his estranged daughter Liesl (an equally fine Mia Threapleton) as heir to his empire.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Alongside the two leads, the cast includes Selma Blair as Tessa’s mom, Peter Gallagher as Hardin’s estranged father, and Jennifer Beals as Hardin's stepmother.
—Megan Vick, EW.com, 17 May 2025
The dramatic wheels are set in motion early, with Shu-Fen, always pressed for money, further strapped by her decision to pay for her estranged ex-husband’s funeral, while attracting the amorous attentions of the good-natured doofus who runs the neighboring knick-knack stand.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2025
Police arrested Mary’s estranged husband, Nathan Alan Gingles, for the crime.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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Traditionalists and conservatives, many of whom felt alienated by Pope Francis’ reforms and loose liturgical style, have been looking for gestures hinting at Leo’s priorities.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2025
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Obviously, males who are alienated and estranged from the mainstream.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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For example, the antagonistic alien brute Captain Gantu is left out.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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In Nine Perfect Strangers, tension emerges from the slightly antagonistic forces that both revere and challenge Masha’s notions.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The game is scheduled to tip off at 8 p.m. ET and Pacers fans are sure to bring the energy and create a hostile atmosphere for New York.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Some of countries in the continent that are rich in uranium, such as Niger and Gabon, may be delicate or difficult to deal with in the near term as both underwent military coups recently, with Niger turning hostile toward the French and more toward the Russians.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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