ESTRANGED


Meaning of ESTRANGED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪstreɪndʒd ]

1.

An estranged wife or husband is no longer living with their husband or wife. ( FORMAL )

...his estranged wife.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If you are estranged from your family or friends, you have quarrelled with them and are not communicating with them. ( FORMAL )

Joanna, 30, spent most of her twenties virtually estranged from her father.

ADJ : oft ADJ from n

3.

If you describe someone as estranged from something such as society or their profession, you mean that they no longer seem involved in it. ( FORMAL )

Arran became increasingly estranged from the mainstream of Hollywood.

ADJ : v-link ADJ , usu ADJ from n

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