Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of estrange.
- adj. Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. caused to be unloved
Examples
“If there is a perception that the elite end of the game has sometimes become estranged from the volunteers that drive the grassroots, Steele has vowed to bring them back together, using the prize of a home World Cup as the driving force. 2015 will offer us an opportunity in three areas.”
The Guardian: England can win 2015 World Cup, says RFU chief executive John Steele
“Ones that burn like acid and ones that heal and nurture like a mother's embrace -- ones that are also mostly estranged from the high school literary canon.”
The Huffington Post: Brock Cohen: A Promise to the Students of an Uncool Teacher
“The entire family is upset about this, about the loss of him and his victims and victims' families. said David Dyess, who was described as estranged from his father.”
“It could not do other to a man estranged from a normal life who could only live on the idolization of his fans.”
“Also there are many on the right who do not feel entirely dissimilar to the way progressives are feeling about the state of our nation and they also feel estranged from the party on the right.”
Think Progress » Health insurers spent $38 million lobbying Congress in 2009.
“Mr. Freeh has long been estranged from the former president, and he took another swipe at members of the last Democratic administration today.”
Panel to Vote on Holder Next Wednesday - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“But then, according to his soon-to-be-ex-wife's memoirs, he called his estranged wife and asked about his news-conference performance, "How did I do?”
“Berra was estranged from the club for nearly 14 years after Steinbrenner fired him as manager early in the 1985 season.”
Yogi, Whitey, Reggie ... Who's the 'greatest living Yankee'?
“A 19-month governor who supposedly has some ethical feelings who tried to fire a state trooper who happened to be estranged from the governor's sister?”
“It is certainly a dangerous situation when a large group of US citizens feels estranged from the mainstream society.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘estranged’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Introverted
Quiet, shy, Introverted, reserved, isolated, mysterious
abashed, alienated, alone, anonymous, antisocial, ascetic, asocial, austere, autonomous, awkward, bashful, clannish and 91 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1843 more...
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Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 173 more...
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writing first chapter
revolve, vital, necessity, depict, archery, indegenous, native, lacrosse, similarly, recess, composition, indicator and 91 more...
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Personal Vocabulary List
All my favourite words that I come across!
veritable, incongruence, rigamorole, letcherous, revolting, repulsive, reputrid, rapatious, forays, guise, placate, paradigm and 1162 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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everythingecstatic's Words
cadence, frenetic, eloquence, paradigm, nocturne, elusive, effervescence, soliloquy, plethora, elision, aqueous, transcend and 166 more...
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ff
attribute, sticking, distinct, perseverance, trend, clarify, avoidant, ambivalent, disoriented, cling, prompting, appositive and 94 more...
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Necessary?
"Words are very..."
The above was the original description for this list. Unfortunately, it doesn't convey much about the list contents.
I'm leaving you to draw your own conclusions abo...supererogation, fruitcake, unbeknownst, melifluous, bane, cavy, unnecessary, lyrical, question, undertow, weapon, arduous and 200 more...
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My Revised GRE Preparation List
Words from the new GRE : This list consists mostly of words from the book Magoosh-GRE-vocab-ebook, which is one of the best vocab materials available, especially if you have started preparing one ...
mulct, dupe, pittance, stipend, defray, cupidity, avarice, prodigal, profligate, affluent, insolvent, penurious and 533 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Valse's Words
fastidious, fervent, bellicose, personification, onomatopoeia, burly, concomitant, tempura, serendipity, pecuniary, foment, chum and 418 more...
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ash
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1695 more...
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