as in to infuriate
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estrange
In the play, Farrow played Sharon, a lonely Iowa woman – estranged from her adult son, divorced from her husband – who decides to take a boarder into her large farmhouse.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Also in the cast is Riley Keough as Jay’s other daughter, this one estranged, who is shown in flashbacks and over phone calls as a woman who felt aggrieved and abandoned amid her father’s success.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
High Potential ended its first season by confirming that Morgan’s estranged ex is alive and well, thus bumping the search for Ava’s father to the top of Morgan’s priority list moving forward.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Sep. 2025
Brooke was estranged from Hulk and her mother, Linda Hogan, long before his death.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Also in the cast is Riley Keough as Jay’s other daughter, this one estranged, who is shown in flashbacks and over phone calls as a woman who felt aggrieved and abandoned amid her father’s success.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
High Potential ended its first season by confirming that Morgan’s estranged ex is alive and well, thus bumping the search for Ava’s father to the top of Morgan’s priority list moving forward.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Sep. 2025
Brooke was estranged from Hulk and her mother, Linda Hogan, long before his death.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estrange
Verb
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After Kibaki’s victory was declared, the president was inaugurated in a strange dusk ceremony that infuriated Odinga’s camp.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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The attack infuriated Italy and Italians, who were upset that the United States didn't hold accountable those involved in the mob.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Oct. 2025
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The goal is to make the right person feel at home, without alienating anybody else.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Pew noted Democrats’ views grew more negative toward Republicans, fostering hostility that alienates swing voters.—
Nafees Alam,
Boston Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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While one of her first moves — pushing specialized teachers into vacant classroom teaching jobs — angered the teachers' union, the new bonus for retirees was an idea that came from the union president, Ingrid Walker-Henry.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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This move had angered India, which pointed to China not getting punished despite its role as an even bigger importer of Russian energy.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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In ever more apocalyptic language, Trump has sought to unify his MAGA movement with strongman pledges to defend Americans from millions of hostile foreigners seeking to storm the country and to root out enemy aliens within.—
Julia Preston,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2024
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The film follows a ragtag group of actors (played by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, among other stars) from an ‘80s sci-fi series who aliens unexpectedly abduct during a convention appearance.—
Matt Juul,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 July 2023
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Michael was similarly enraged by the support.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The funniest part to me is that amid this violence — as someone is literally trying to kill him — the thing that enrages Beom-mo the most is when his wife’s top starts to slip down.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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Longtime prejudices have meant that Latin artists have been regarded with suspicion, doubt, and even outrage throughout music history, but these attitudes have twisted into something far more intense and sinister as a result of the current administration.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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County Board supervisors outraged by the transparency failure Since the emails came to light, supervisors on the county's finance committee have grilled transit agency executives and expressed outrage about the transparency failures.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Public sentiment toward the broader economy has also soured.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The mood has soured recently, though, with each side imposing additional curbs; new US tariffs come into effect today.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The tension first reached a breaking point years earlier when her sister severed ties with their dad’s extended family.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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His instinct, in other words, was to treat science as severed from politics.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Estrange.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estrange. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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