ESTRANGED


Meaning of ESTRANGED in English

1.

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

...his ~ wife.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

2.

If you are ~ 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 ~ from her father.

ADJ: oft ADJ from n

3.

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

Arran became increasingly ~ from the mainstream of Hollywood.

ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ from n

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