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Antonyms for estranged


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-streynjd
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈstreɪndʒd



Definition of estranged

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French estrangier "to alienate," from Vulgar Latin *extraneare "to treat as a stranger," from Latin extraneus "foreign" (see strange). Related: Estranged.
  • verb destroy the affections of
Example sentences :
  • Found all changed and estranged, and, he fancied, more wonder than welcome.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • How talk, for instance, of the world and its pleasures to one who had been estranged from it!
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • No sooner had I found my brother than I found him estranged from me in a hopeless cause.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • The evidence of those who have been estranged from the Churches is worth considering.
  • Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
  • What chance was there of reconciliation with his estranged friends?
  • Extract from : « Lord George Bentinck » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • When friends are to be estranged, they do not require a cause.
  • Extract from : « A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories » by William D. Howells
  • He had, apparently, estranged himself from any deep, human feeling.
  • Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
  • You forget we have been estranged this five-and-twenty years.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
  • He looked round for the old man, whom the title would have estranged for ever.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • Estranged from Marjorie, she and Mignon had become boon companions.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester

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