ESTRANGED Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of estranged

as in alienated

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verb

past tense of estrange

as in infuriated

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 estranged

Adjective

That past haunts Léo throughout his week-long trip to the City of Lights, where he’s waylaid before heading to Italy to deal with the death of his estranged and supposedly wealthy father. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Things seemed to shift for Ortiz around 2021, according to three sources who did not want to be identified, including two family members from whom Ortiz became estranged. — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Verb

Harry’s return home also puts him back in closer proximity to family members from whom he has been estranged in recent years. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 Carrie is estranged from her father and has had nothing to do with him for several years. — Abigail Van Buren, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for estranged

Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged

Adjective

Misleading averages, alienated families On the face of it, everything might not look so dire.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Some Black shoppers, who felt alienated after Target’s 2025 DEI rollbacks, expressed fresh disappointment on Monday.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of alienated

Verb

Sydney Sweeney is no stranger to starring in a controversial ad — and her latest effort has infuriated female athletes, including Olympians.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
But Marcia was beginning to sound like Marcia on the page, Marcia in those essays that both excited and infuriated her readers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of infuriated

Adjective

This evolutionary theory of aging is known as antagonistic pleiotropy.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
But Mark, in Ronson’s telling, quickly grows antagonistic, abruptly asking Ronson to sign an NDA, then later barraging him with suspicious texts and threatening him with a pair of goons.

— Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of antagonistic

Verb

Sánchez is facing mounting scrutiny amid a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Ceuta, where the flood of thousands of migrants has angered residents in the tiny community, which is ill-equipped to handle such an influx.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors argued Monday that Kading’s disclosures angered Davis.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of angered

Adjective

Worse, her estranged sister April (Naomi Watts), a drama queen, and hostile mother, Diane (Dianne Wiest), fly in from their Michigan hair salon to add to Sandra’s suffering.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
European authorities have linked Moscow to a rising number of drone incursions, sabotage incidents, cyberattacks, and other hostile acts across the continent in recent months.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of hostile

Verb

The sense of pride and accomplishment that Van Reybrouck had told me to expect was not particularly evident in the room; the mood, if anything, had soured.

— Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
On the economy, in particular, public opinion has soured; a recent consumer sentiment report showed that even Republicans’ view of the economy has sunk.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of soured

Verb

The drama reignited a heated debate over the tech threatening to put human creatives in the industry out of a job, a nightmare scenario that has enraged some of the most influential minds in Hollywood.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026
Monken has decided to stick with Deshaun Watson as his QB1, a move that has confused and enraged some of the fanbase.

— Takashi Williams, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of enraged

Verb

While some commenters were skeptical on the @mylilretinol TikTok page, which has videos with hundreds of thousands of views, others appeared outraged by the fake brand.

— Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026
When bulldozers were spotted clearing land in the park in August, people across the state were outraged.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of outraged

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