estrange

C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process

US /əˈstreɪndʒ/ UK /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to cause someone to become hostile or indifferent where affection existed

The bitter quarrel estranged him from his only brother.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to cause someone to become... alienate disaffect separate sever divide distance

Opposites

reconcile unite reunite befriend

Word family

Forms estranged

Derived forms estrangedestrangement

Related forms strange stranger extraneous

Etymology

From Old French estranger 'to remove, alienate', from Latin extraneare 'to treat as a stranger', from extraneus 'foreign, external', from extra 'outside'.

estranger Old French extraneus Latin extra Latin

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Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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# estrange

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈstreɪndʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/

## Meanings
1. to cause someone to become hostile or indifferent where affection existed

## Examples
- The bitter quarrel estranged him from his only brother.

## Synonyms
- alienate
- disaffect
- separate
- sever
- divide
- distance

## Antonyms
- reconcile
- unite
- reunite
- befriend

## Derived Forms
- estranged
- estrangement

## Related Forms
- strange
- stranger
- extraneous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: estranger
- Root: extraneus
- Root: extra

## Etymology
From Old French estranger 'to remove, alienate', from Latin extraneare 'to treat as a stranger', from extraneus 'foreign, external', from extra 'outside'.

## AI Etymology
Estrange comes from Old French estranger 'to remove, alienate', from Latin extraneare 'to treat as a stranger', from extraneus 'foreign, external', from extra 'outside'. The etymological trail includes Old French estranger, Latin extraneus, and Latin extra. As a verb, estrange means to cause someone to become hostile or indifferent where affection existed. The same family is visible in derived forms such as estranged and estrangement and related forms such as strange, stranger, and extraneous.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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