Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.
- 2transitive verb
To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.
- 3transitive verb
To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.
- 4verb
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
- 5verb
remove from customary environment or associations
"years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"
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