Definitions

estrange

[ih-streynj] / ɪˈstreɪndʒ /

VERB

destroy the affections of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alienate divorce

STRONG

alien antagonize disaffect disunify disunite divert divide leave part separate sever split sunder wean withdraw withhold

WEAK

break up drive apart make hostile push away put on the outs set at odds turn off

Antonyms

STRONG

agree combine come connect hold join keep maintain stay unite

WEAK

engage marry

Example Sentences

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Novey transports us toward two reckonings: what exactly happened to estrange the women and, later, how Leah will respond to Jean’s legacy of sculptures.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2023

García's film is about fathers and sons, and it certainly tackles the thorniness that can estrange children and their parents.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022

But maybe, Shin would have us believe, there’s a way to get past the limitations of our perspectives, to subvert our own framing devices via art’s ability to estrange and transubstantiate.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020

I would be extremely surprised if your weird in-laws decide to permanently estrange themselves from your granddaughter over this, but odder things have happened.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2019

But for Edmund, the one person who showed me any affection, the one who held faithfully by me, in spite of all that was done to estrange us, I could not have borne the life.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

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