bestranged

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adjective

Made strange, foreign, or alien; estranged.

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Meanings

adjectivebestranged (comparative more bestranged, superlative most bestranged)

comparative more bestranged · superlative most bestranged

  1. Made strange, foreign, or alien; estranged.

    At the same time, this infraction is what makes a 'bestranged' piece of literature interesting.

    2009, J.L. Mey, Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics - Page 776
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of bestrange

Origin

From bestrange + -ed. Compare estranged.

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APA

bestranged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestranged

MLA

“bestranged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestranged. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bestranged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestranged.

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