estranged
adjective/ɪˈstreɪndʒd/
/ɪˈstreɪndʒd/
(formal)- [usually before noun] no longer living with your husband, wife or partner
- his estranged wife Emma
- She is attempting to contact her estranged husband to break the news.
- He is being questioned in connection with the death of his estranged wife.
- She has been estranged from her husband since 1999.
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- estranged (from somebody) no longer friendly or in contact with somebody
- He became estranged from his family after the argument.
- Formerly close friends, they had been estranged from each other for many years.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
- …
- from
- estranged (from something) no longer involved in or connected with something, especially something that used to be important to you
- She felt estranged from her former existence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
- …
- from
Word Originlate 15th cent.: 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 + -ed.
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