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
Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The narrator dreams of embracing his estranged father, only to wake, drive to the old home, and find a stranger at the door.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play estranged old friends who reconnect at the funeral of a mutual friend, only to realize that their friend's dead husband was really the villain in all their lives.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Family Tree centers on three estranged siblings who reunite at Christmas to sell their crumbling childhood home only to discover that fixing the house might be the key to repairing their fractured family.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
The narrator dreams of embracing his estranged father, only to wake, drive to the old home, and find a stranger at the door.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Brooke was estranged from Hulk and her mother, Linda Hogan, long before his death.
—Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play estranged old friends who reconnect at the funeral of a mutual friend, only to realize that their friend's dead husband was really the villain in all their lives.
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Verb
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The proposal has run into challenges, including far-right ministers in Israel being infuriated that the plan would let Palestinians stay in Gaza and not forcibly displaced.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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The trip infuriated China, which tells other countries to avoid official engagements with Taiwan, and triggered massive Chinese military exercises in waters and airspace around the island.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The alienated young man Tweedy once was has rarely seemed further away.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The kneeling had angered some in the FBI but was also understood as a possible de-escalation tactic during a period of protests.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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Investors fear Milei will fail to secure enough congressional seats in October’s legislative election to deliver on his anti-austerity agenda, which has sparked economic growth and led to the first budget surplus in decades, though spending cuts have angered many.—
Claire Cameron,
semafor.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Crowe will play a swordsman who mentors Cavill's Highlander, and Bautista will play an antagonistic immortal known as The Kurgen, while Gillan will star as Connor's very mortal wife.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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In my imagination, the energy of the people and the land whose nonconsensual labor fuels AI are asserting agency as an antagonistic force against the very people and companies that enable their exploitation.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The manner of his exit that summer, with Leeds in the Championship, soured any goodwill that still existed with their support.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Bush’s disastrous campaign to democratize the Middle East soured the American public on such policies, which in turn allowed Trump to position himself as an opponent of democracy promotion and foreign assistance more broadly.—
Omar G. Encarnación,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tampa is heading into a hostile environment against a feisty Seattle Seahawks team that matches them with a 3-1 record.—
Josh Buckhalter,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Republicans, traditionally seen as more hostile to government, are often viewed as the shutdown aggressors.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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Trump had already enraged some Indians by taking credit for brokering a ceasefire, in May, between India and Pakistan, after the countries had engaged in their worst military conflict in decades.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The move outraged leading Democrats.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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As if to prove the magnificent treasures within Paris now belonged to the German dictator, the statue of Great War French hero General Mangin—which outraged the Führer—was destroyed.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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