verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
/əˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -eɪndʒ
CMU ARPABET:EH0 S T R EY1 N JH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alienate, alien, disaffect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: drift apart, drift away, wean
4
verb
Meaning 4
remove from customary environment or associations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
years of boarding school estranged the child from her home
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: take out, move out, remove
History
Etymology
From Old French estranger (“to treat as a stranger”), from Latin extraneus (“foreigner, stranger”) (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
özgələşdirmək
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Bulgarian:
отчуждавам
(otčuždavam)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Chinese Mandarin:
疏遠 /疏远
(shūyuǎn)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Czech:
odcizit
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Dutch:
vervreemden
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Esperanto:
fremdigi
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Finnish:
vieraannuttaa
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
French:
éloigner
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
German:
entfremden
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Greek:
αποξενώνω
(apoxenóno)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Ancient Greek:
ἀλλοτριόω
(allotrióō)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Hungarian:
elidegenít
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Italian:
estraniare
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Latin:
alieno
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Latin:
abalieno
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Macedonian:
о́туѓи
(ótuǵi)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Māori:
whakatangatakē
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Old English:
āfremdan
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Polish:
zrażać
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Polish:
zrazić
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Russian:
отчужда́ть
(otčuždátʹ)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Russian:
отчуди́ть
(otčudítʹ)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Russian:
отдаля́ть
(otdaljátʹ)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Russian:
отдали́ть
(otdalítʹ)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Spanish:
enajenar
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Spanish:
desapegar
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Thai:
ทําให้บาดหมาง
(tam hâi bàat măang)
— cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate
Dutch:
ontwortelen
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Finnish:
vieraannuttaa
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
French:
aliéner
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
German:
entfremden
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Macedonian:
одда́лечи
(oddáleči)
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Macedonian:
о́туѓи
(ótuǵi)
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Polish:
separować
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Polish:
odseparowywać
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Polish:
odseparować
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Russian:
отстраня́ть
(otstranjátʹ)
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
Russian:
отстрани́ть
(otstranítʹ)
— remove from an accustomed place or set of associations
