Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of estrange
adjectiveestranging (comparative more estranging, superlative most estranging)
comparative more estranging · superlative most estranging
- That estranges; alienating, disorienting.
At his first rendezvous, De Marsay is blindfolded and driven endlessly through the streets, an estranging device which makes his native city a sexual labyrinth.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemaking one feel out of place or alienated
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