Meanings
present singular third person estranges · participle present estranging · participle past estranged · past estranged
- transitiveTo cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
And thou thyself, Jaacob Yitzchak, dost thou mind how thou meantest to follow me and estrangedst thyself from me the more?
1945, Martin Buber, translated by Ludwig Lewisohn, For the Sake of Heaven, The Jewish Publication Society of America, page 229Synonyms: alienate, antagonize, disaffect, isolate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
verbTo remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
More synonyms by meaning
verbarouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinextraneus“foreigner, stranger”
- Old Frenchestranger“to treat as a stranger”
- Englishestrange
From Old French estranger (“to treat as a stranger”), from Latin extraneus (“foreigner, stranger”) (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀλλοτριόω
- ἀλλοτριόω (allotrióō)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Bulgarian отчуждавам
- отчуждавам (otčuždavam)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Chinese Mandarin 疏遠 /疏远
- 疏遠 /疏远 (shūyuǎn)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Czech odcizit
- odcizitcause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Dutch vervreemden, ontwortelen
- vervreemdencause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- ontwortelenremove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Esperanto fremdigi
- fremdigicause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Finnish vieraannuttaa, vieraannuttaa
- vieraannuttaacause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- vieraannuttaaremove from an accustomed place or set of associations
French éloigner, aliéner
- éloignercause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- aliénerremove from an accustomed place or set of associations
German entfremden, entfremden
- entfremdencause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- entfremdenremove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Greek αποξενώνω
- αποξενώνω (apoxenóno)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Hungarian elidegenít
- elidegenítcause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Italian estraniare
- estraniarecause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Latin alieno, abalieno
- alienocause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- abalienocause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Māori whakatangatakē
- whakatangatakēcause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Polish zrażać, zrazić
- zrażaćcause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- zrazićcause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- separowaćremove from an accustomed place or set of associations
- odseparowywaćremove from an accustomed place or set of associations
- odseparowaćremove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Russian отчужда́ть, отчуди́ть
- отчужда́ть (otčuždátʹ)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- отчуди́ть (otčudítʹ)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- отдаля́ть (otdaljátʹ)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- отдали́ть (otdalítʹ)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- отстраня́ть (otstranjátʹ)remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
- отстрани́ть (otstranítʹ)remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Spanish enajenar, desapegar
- enajenarcause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
- desapegarcause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Thai ทำให้บาดหมาง
- ทำให้บาดหมาง (tam hâi bàat măang)cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
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estrange. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estrange
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