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Adjective: estranged  e'streynjd or i'streynjd
  1. Caused to be unloved
    "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband";
    - alienated
Verb: estrange  e'streynj or i'streynj
  1. Remove from customary environment or associations
    "years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"
     
  2. Arouse hostility or indifference where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
    "She estranged her friends when she became fanatically religious";
    - alienate, alien, disaffect

See also: unloved

Type of: alter, change, modify, move out, remove, take out

Encyclopedia: Estranged