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
Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
At the time of the murders, Black had been on work release from prison for shooting Clay's estranged husband and her daughter's father, Bennie Clay, in 1986.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Denise Richards' relationship with estranged husband Aaron Phypers continues to deteriorate amid their acrimonious divorce battle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The man is her estranged father, Nate (Egerton), and, on his first day out of prison, something heavy has clearly gone down.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Verb
The host is currently awaiting trial on a separate charge of controlling and coercive behavior against his estranged wife.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
At the time of the murders, Black had been on work release from prison for shooting Clay's estranged husband and her daughter's father, Bennie Clay, in 1986.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Denise Richards' relationship with estranged husband Aaron Phypers continues to deteriorate amid their acrimonious divorce battle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The man is her estranged father, Nate (Egerton), and, on his first day out of prison, something heavy has clearly gone down.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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Yet as Magnús becomes increasingly alienated from his domestic life, harsh reality can’t help but bubble to the surface.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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Without foundational knowledge, people are more likely to feel alienated by the tax system, resulting in compliance costs and lost revenue.—
Zoe Callaway,
Oc Register,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Pritzker has been antagonistic to the Trump administration’s immigration efforts.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
26 July 2025
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His aggressively antagonistic relationship with sister Dee usually devolves into a battle of who can hurt the other the most.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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In recent weeks, both have also moved military forces to the border near Assab and are engaging in escalating exchanges of hostile rhetoric.—
Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump has moved closer to Pakistan, with which India has hostile relations and the U.S. has historically had a complex and sometimes tense relationship, especially as Pakistan has grown closer to and is primarily armed by China.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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