Tom, stranded alone at the beginning of sentences, couldn't get used to the growing estrangement of Mary.
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Estrangement
//ɪsˈtɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt//
Synonyms for "estrangement" (26 found)
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51 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- отчуждаване noun (the act of alienating)
- отчужденост noun (the state of being alien)
Dutch
1 entries- vervreemding noun (the act of alienating)
French
2 entries- éloignement noun (the act of alienating)
- éloignement noun (the state of being alien)
German
4 entries- Entfremden noun (the act of alienating)
- Entfremdung noun (the act of alienating)
- Entfremdung noun (the state of being alien)
- Verfremdung noun (the act of alienating)
Hebrew
2 entries- התנכרות noun (the act of alienating)
- ניכור noun (the state of being alien)
Hungarian
2 entries- elidegenítés noun (the act of alienating)
- elidegenülés noun (the state of being alien)
Italian
2 entries- straniamento noun (the act of alienating)
- straniamento noun (the state of being alien)
Latin
1 entries- aliēnātiō noun (the state of being alien)
Macedonian
4 entries- оддалеченост noun (the state of being alien)
- оддалечување noun (the act of alienating)
- отуѓеност noun (the state of being alien)
- отуѓување noun (the act of alienating)
Malayalam
1 entries- അകൽച്ച noun (the state of being alien)
Polish
2 entries- oziębienie stosunków noun (the state of being alien)
- separacja noun (the act of alienating)
Russian
4 entries- отдале́ние noun (the act of alienating)
- отдале́ние noun (the state of being alien)
- отчужде́ние noun (the act of alienating)
- отчуждённость noun (the state of being alien)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- otuđenje noun (the act of alienating)
- otuđenje noun (the state of being alien)
- otuđenost noun (the act of alienating)
- otuđenost noun (the state of being alien)
Spanish
4 entries- alejamiento noun (the act of alienating)
- alienación noun (the act of alienating)
- alienación noun (the state of being alien)
- desapego noun (the state of being alien)
Ukrainian
4 entries- віддалення noun (the act of alienating)
- віддалення noun (the state of being alien)
- відчуження noun (the act of alienating)
- відчуження noun (the state of being alien)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom's wife was notably absent from his birthday party, so it seems rumors of their estrangement are likely true.
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In 1972 US President Richard Nixon visited the People’s Republic of China, ending years of estrangement between the two countries and lifting the bamboo curtain China had been hidden behind since Mao Zedong launched his Cultural Revolution in 1966.
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William is working to rebuild his relationship with his son after a period of estrangement.
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