Definitions for estranged

estranged es·tranged

Spelling: [ih-streynjd]
IPA: /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/

Estranged is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 673 anagrams from letters in estranged (adeegnrst).

Definitions for estranged

adjective

  1. displaying or evincing a feeling of alienation; alienated.

verb (used with object)

  1. to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
  2. to remove to or keep at a distance:
  3. to divert from the original use or possessor.

Origin of estranged

First recorded in 1545-55; estrange + -ed2

Examples for estranged

As a soldier returning from Iraq, I felt both welcomed by and estranged from my tribe.

Earl tasks Phil with finding his estranged son, a pickup artist named Frank Mackey (Tom Cruise).

No sooner had I found my brother than I found him estranged from me in a hopeless cause.

He was so estranged from his three daughters that it took him several awkward moments to summon their names.

Dick Diver begins as the graceful, competent king of the Riviera and ends as a washed-up drunk, estranged from everyone he loves.

What chance was there of reconciliation with his estranged friends?

How talk, for instance, of the world and its pleasures to one who had been estranged from it!

The evidence of those who have been estranged from the Churches is worth considering.

Found all changed and estranged, and, he fancied, more wonder than welcome.

Moses Farrow, now 36, and an accomplished photographer, has been estranged from Mia for several years.

Word Value for estranged
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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