as in infuriated
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estranged
Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 July 2025
Denise Richards has been granted a temporary restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, after accusing him of domestic violence.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
The six-episode series will dig into the tumultuous relationship between two estranged brothers — played by Gadd and Jamie Bell — after a cataclysmic reunion.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
Escaping her estranged husband far off in Arizona, a homeless woman thought her luck was turning when a random man pulled up to a Hialeah bus stop where she was perched.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
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Verb
Denise Richards accused her estranged husband Aaron Phypers of physical abuse in a new court filing.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 July 2025
Denise Richards has been granted a temporary restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, after accusing him of domestic violence.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
The six-episode series will dig into the tumultuous relationship between two estranged brothers — played by Gadd and Jamie Bell — after a cataclysmic reunion.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
Escaping her estranged husband far off in Arizona, a homeless woman thought her luck was turning when a random man pulled up to a Hialeah bus stop where she was perched.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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While civic interest is increasing, many people still feel alienated by political language and processes, said Vanee.—
Mizani Ball,
Essence,
11 July 2025
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Henry Cavill’s work in the Snyder-verse, meanwhile, was an intentional but depressing swerve, portraying the Man of Steel as distant and alienated from human society.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There’s plenty implied by brief conversations and Hailey’s attitude, but questions about who these people are — and their role beyond that of antagonistic foils to our central crew — linger, detracting from the power of this otherwise fine film.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2025
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This one's perfect for those who love a creature feature as antagonistic gigantic alligators swarm the floodwaters that engulf a home where a young woman lives with her father.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Five days later, on July 8, an attorney for the city manager submitted a letter of potential claim against the city citing defamation, harassment and creation of a hostile work environment.—
Anita Edmondson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 July 2025
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In early October 2022, the ruling said, McCarty filed a hostile work environment complaint with the police department.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 2025
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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