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Synonyms for estrangement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-streynj
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈstreɪndʒ

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Définition of estrangement

Origin :
  • 1650s, from estrange + -ment.
  • noun destruction of affections
Example sentences :
  • As if the estrangement between them had come of any culpability of hers.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Everything that I have heard of her prophesies this estrangement.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • And this was the reason that we parted—this the sole cause of our estrangement?
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • At all events, it led to a sort of estrangement between us,—the only one of our lives.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • Estrangement from the land of his birth set in when he left the monastery of Steyn.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • Paul promised, and all the estrangement seemed to melt away.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • I may say that the estrangement was, perhaps, more my fault than that of the Lavilles.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • This was the commencement of an estrangement which lasted several days.
  • Extract from : « Bucholz and the Detectives » by Allan Pinkerton
  • This estrangement had occurred a quarter of a century before.
  • Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
  • In spite of their estrangement they were both looking forward to the dance.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester

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