Word

estrange, v.
(estranged, estranges, estranging)

arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

alienate disaffect estrange

sample sentences

"She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

alienator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

estrangement

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

disaffection

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

hyponym

drift apart, drift away wean

remove from customary environment or associations
<verb.social>

estrange

sample sentences

"years of boarding school estranged the child from her home"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

estrangement

semantic pointers

hypernym

take out, remove, move out