estrange
/ɪˈstreɪn(d)ʒ
/ /ɛˈstreɪn(d)ʒ/verb [with object]
1Cause (someone) to be no longer on friendly terms with someone: he became estranged from his father...
- His language deliberately estranges the modern reader from the customary historical accounts of the past, exposing a revisionist view of America.
- A consequence of his broken marriage was the apparent attempt by his ex-wife to estrange his son from him, hence his over-indulgence of Carl's gambling habits.
- Their relations ultimately further estrange him from his Jewish wife.
Synonyms
alienate, antagonize, disaffect, make hostile/unfriendly, destroy the affections of, turn away, drive away, distance, put at a distance;
sever connections between, set against, set at variance, set at odds with, make hostile to, drive a wedge between, cause antagonism between, sow dissension between
1.1 (as adjective estranged) (Of a wife or husband) no longer living with their spouse: his estranged wife...
- Michael Cunningham, prosecuting, told the court that, after arriving back home from her trip, the defendant's estranged wife noticed her husband at her bedroom door with a knife in his hand.
- An angry wife attacked her estranged husband's car, forced her way into his home and then led police on a 100 mph chase for 15 miles, it was alleged in court.
- A husband hid outside his estranged wife's home and stabbed her in the stomach with a flick knife when she returned from a night out.
Origin
Late 15th century: from Old French estranger, from Latin extraneare 'treat as a stranger', from extraneus 'not belonging to the family', used as a noun to mean 'stranger'. Compare with strange.