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estrangedes‧tranged /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/ adjective   - He is hoping for a reconciliation with his estranged wife Hillary.
- In 1975, he wrote a formal letter to his estranged father.
- We provide support to people who are estranged from their families.
- A husband was jailed for attacking a man he found making love to his estranged wife.
- He also packed a mean punch, according to his estranged wife Sheila.
- She'd been to visit her estranged husband at the house the couple used to share at Hardwicke.
- Strange, then, that Spielberg's grown-up Peter must recover his original, youthful estranged family.
when two or more people stop having a relationship, friendship etc► separate to start to live apart from a sexual partner you used to live with or are married to: · They separated several years ago, but they're not divorced.· Kids are put under a tremendous emotional strain when their parents separate. ► split up if two people split up , they stop having a relationship with each other, especially a sexual relationship: · They're always arguing, but I don't think they'll ever split up.split up with: · He started drinking heavily after he split up with Debbie. ► part to separate from someone so that your relationship ends - used especially in literature: · They parted in a fairly amicable way.· She hoped that she and Jonathan would never part. ► break up if two people break up , or if their relationship breaks up , they stop having a relationship with each other : · Tom and I broke up last year.· Newspaper stories often have a lot to do with showbusiness marriages breaking up.break up with: · I can't imagine ever breaking up with my wife. ► drift apart if people drift apart , they gradually become less friendly and see each other less, until their relationship finally ends: · Over the years my schoolfriends and I have drifted apart.· Teddy and Maria never really argued -- they just drifted apart. ► go their separate ways if a group of friends go their separate ways , they each go to different places and start doing different things: · After we left college we all went our separate ways and I never saw those friends again. ► estranged separated from a relation, especially a close one such as a husband or mother, so that you almost never see them, for example because you have had a serious argument: somebody's estranged wife/husband/father etc: · He is hoping for a reconciliation with his estranged wife Hillary.· In 1975, he wrote a formal letter to his estranged father.be estranged from somebody: · We provide support to people who are estranged from their families. ► separation a situation in which a husband and wife agree to live apart from each other even though they are still married: · In the case of separation or divorce, the children's needs should come first.· Since the separation they've each been seeing different people.trial separation (=to see if it is better or worse being separated): · He said he understood her doubts and perhaps a trial separation might be the answer. NOUN► husband· She'd been to visit her estranged husband at the house the couple used to share at Hardwicke.· Gaynor Chaudhry believes her estranged husband has now brought their child back to Britain but doesn't know where they are.· Their friendship stands the test when Ruth's brutish estranged husband tries to kidnap her baby.· She lit a candle over there as a silent prayer for her estranged husband and went home.· Society darling Lisa, 21, is also being wooed by her estranged husband Marco Pierre White.· She is due to join the other royals, including estranged husband Prince Andrew, at Sandringham's Christmas church service.· She might need him, she might want his help in her dealings with her family or with her estranged husband. ► wife· He also packed a mean punch, according to his estranged wife Sheila.· The incident is believed to have taken place at the home of Mr Dearlove's estranged wife Janet.· But this was the actress Diana Rigg - star of the 1960s Avengers - not his estranged wife.· A husband was jailed for attacking a man he found making love to his estranged wife.· Andy, whose estranged wife Fergie has caused much of the dismay, could be the hardest hit.· He accused his estranged wife of being paranoid - but said he felt no ill will toward her.· His death in Brisbane is the third tragedy to hit estranged wife Sue and heartbroken parents Maurice and Marlene.· His estranged wife and two children lived nearby, they're said to be on holiday at the moment. nounstrangerstrangenessestrangementadjectivestrangeestrangedadverbstrangely 1 somebody’s estranged husband/wife someone’s husband or wife whom they are no longer living with, used especially in newspaper reports2no longer seeing or talking to a relative or good friend, because of an argumentestranged from Mill became estranged from his family after the marriage.3no longer feeling any connection with something that used to be important in your life SYN alienatedestranged from young adults who feel estranged from the church—estrangement noun [countable, uncountable] |