ESTRANGED


Meaning of ESTRANGED in English

/ ɪˈstreɪndʒd; NAmE / adjective ( formal )

1.

[ usually before noun ] no longer living with your husband or wife :

his estranged wife Emma

2.

estranged (from sb) no longer friendly, loyal or in contact with sb :

He became estranged from his family after the argument.

3.

estranged (from sth) no longer involved in or connected with sth, especially sth that used to be important to you :

She felt estranged from her former existence.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent.: from Old French estranger , from Latin extraneare treat as a stranger, from extraneus not belonging to the family, used as a noun to mean stranger. Compare with strange + -ed .

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