to estrange
2
7.5
- verb
- /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/
- Formal
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- The long absence caused him to estrange himself from his old friends.
Some of them completely estranged from church doctrine or governance.
- Some of them completely estranged from church doctrine or governance.
Examples
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We estrange ourselves from work by asking it to satisfy our needs instead of engaging it for its own noble ends.
Academic text (1993) -
Doesn't this estrange young people from one another?
Academic text (2007) -
Their relations ultimately further estrange him from his Jewish wife.
Academic text (2004) -
Only man can truly be ugly, because he has the free will to estrange himself... from this song of praise.
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There's Abraham, whose dedication to his mission manages to estrange both his wife and his son.
Blog text (23) -
Then, having thoroughly estranged her, he heaps on more, claiming that he would hold her as the most alien of all strangers.
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Estranged from nature, what other portion of it responds even occasionally to our coaxing?
Fiction book (1991) -
In the absence of routine social contact between blacks and whites, stereotypes can rule perceptions, creating a situation that estranges blacks.
Academic text (2017) -
Mayfield is finally critical of this dream not only because Hubert himself conflates capitalist success with whiteness, but also because such a fantasy actually estranges Hubert from himself.
Academic text (2017) -
Her constant criticism began to estrange her colleagues, making collaboration difficult.
Synonyms
466
2.8
To stop taking part in a place or activity
256
4.2
To keep someone or something apart from others
123
6.7
To make someone feel alone and lose support from others
86
3.5
To move away from people or a place to create space
77
5.7
To make yourself less involved with someone or something
75
7.0
Keep away from someone or something to show no connection
71
3.4
To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away
43
3.2
To stop other people from getting close to you emotionally
16
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
8
5.6
Act in a way that makes other people avoid you
3
6.7
To stop being involved with a person, group, or idea
1
8.3
To make someone stop feeling loyal to a leader or group
To create distance from someone or something to avoid being too close
Antonyms
How Distant
67
5.8
123
6.7
- Formal
2
7.5
71
3.4
77
5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word estrange comes from old words that meant 'outside' or 'foreign' and is related to the familiar word stranger. So, to estrange someone is to make them feel like an 'outsider' or no longer friendly, which is why it means to make someone distant.