estrange

estrange is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
2. transitive verb. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
3. transitive verb. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
4. verb. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

   "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

   Synonyms: alien, alienate, disaffect

5. verb. remove from customary environment or associations

   "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"

Synonyms

alien, alienate, disaffect

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in estrange:

grantees, greatens, negaters, reagents, segreant, sergeant, sternage

Common word forms

estranged, estranger, estranges, estranging, estrangement

Words from these letters

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