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
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
The story sees the vengeful spirit La Llorona returning, forcing a fractured family to confront their past and join forces with their estranged curandero grandfather to battle ancient evils, before the Weeping Woman claims their children forever.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
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
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Verb
Apparently, whatever the estranged friends had was more than physical.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
The story sees the vengeful spirit La Llorona returning, forcing a fractured family to confront their past and join forces with their estranged curandero grandfather to battle ancient evils, before the Weeping Woman claims their children forever.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Verb
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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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This has infuriated the soybean farmers.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The turnaround plan also has included reworking pricing of Jeep SUVs, which inflated in recent years above market norms, and re-engaging with its alienated dealer network amid a lack of new products and declining sales.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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The alienated young man Tweedy once was has rarely seemed further away.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Indeed, after the pandemic—which initially decimated sales but then led to a surge in business that overwhelmed REI’s supply chain and operations—Artz made moves that angered many employees.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The real estate developer who angered Benbrook residents this past summer with his plan to build in a floodplain has been indicted on felony charges in Parker County for alleged misappropriation of funds and theft.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There wasn't any antagonistic issue or anything like that.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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There wasn’t any antagonistic issue or anything like that.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But Afghan-Pakistan relations have soured amid an uptick in militant violence against Pakistan.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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And while the Colts had plenty of reason to celebrate after the game, those celebrations were soured by a terrible moment on the field.—
Anne Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By this time, the eastern Roman empire, where Zosimus lived, had been fairly thoroughly Christianized, but Zosimus was a pagan hostile to Christianity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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The United States plans to upgrade its radars to improve their ability to identify hostile ballistic missiles targeting the homeland, according to a government announcement, as nuclear adversaries Russia, China and North Korea advance their missile capabilities.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Laurene Allen, an environmental advocate who lives in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where PFNA was one of several forever chemicals discovered in drinking water in 2016, was awaiting the report and is frustrated and enraged by its delay.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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As a huge golf lover myself, I was enraged by having to listen to the constant abuse and unsporting behaviour of the crowd.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The judge, clearly outraged, issued a sanction allowing my lawyer to cross-examine the witnesses about their favorable opinions — but otherwise faced no consequences.—
Micah Kimball,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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Conservatives were particularly outraged by Joe Biden’s higher-ed agenda.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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