estranged

adjective

/ɪˈstreɪndʒd/

(formal)

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[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.
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.
Topics Family and relationshipsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- become
- …
adverb
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
- …
preposition
- from
See full entry
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 Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- become
- …
adverb
- deeply
- completely
- increasingly
- …
preposition
- from
See full entry

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.

单词	estranged
释义	estranged adjective /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/ /ɪˈstreɪndʒd/ (formal) jump to other results [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. 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. Topics Family and relationshipsc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be feel become … adverb deeply completely increasingly … preposition from See full entry 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 … adverb deeply completely increasingly … preposition from See full entry 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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