estranged

English

Verb

estranged

1. simple past and past participle of estrange

   She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.

Adjective

estranged (comparative more estranged, superlative most estranged)

1. Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

Usage notes

• This is a relatively formal term. For informal situations, a more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.

Synonyms

• alienated

Coordinate terms

• separated

Related terms

• bestranged

Translations

having become a stranger

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疏遠／疏远 (zh) (shūyuǎn)

• Finnish: etääntynyt, vieraantunut
• French: éloigné (fr), perdu de vue (lost sight of); see also désuni (fr), which applies to two or more parties
• Italian: estraniato (it)
• Maori: mōriroriro
• Norwegian: fremmedgjort
• Portuguese: no equivalent term in Portuguese, but see separado (pt), afastado (pt), desavindo
• Serbo-Croatian: отуђен (otuđen)
• Spanish: separado (es), enajenado (es) m, alienado (es) m, cizañado (es) m, encizañado (es) m, cizañeado (es) m
• Thai: ผิดใจกัน (pit jai gan)

Anagrams

• dangerest