estrange

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. remove from customary environment or associations
- years of boarding school estranged the child from her home
• Derivationally related forms:
estrangement
• Hypernyms:
take out, move out, remove
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
- She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious
• Syn:
alienate, alien, disaffect
• Derivationally related forms:
disaffection (for: disaffect), alienator (for: alienate), estrangement
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
drift apart, drift away, wean
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to estrange Sue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  alienate, alien, disaffect