estranged
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) Estranged means no longer close to someone, usually a family member or husband or wife, because you have stopped speaking or living together. tree →
2) (formal) Cut off or feeling apart from something you once belonged to. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means turned away from or made a stranger. It can be a person cut off from friends, or wicked people who go wrong from birth. Interpretation: Job feels that all his friends and family have abandoned him. The psalm is read as a strong picture of how deeply wrongdoing can take hold. In the primary lessons: Used in stories and news about families: «his estranged father», «an estranged wife». It tells the reader there was a break in the relationship, often after a quarrel.
examples
- They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths, (Writings PSA.78.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. (Writings JOB.19.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born. (Writings PSA.58.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- She had not spoken to her estranged sister for a long time. tree →
- The estranged brothers met again at the funeral. tree →
- His estranged wife lives in another city. tree →
- The story is about an estranged father and son who make peace. tree →
- After the argument, they became estranged. tree →
- The old man wrote to his estranged daughter. tree →
note
Usually used before a family word (estranged husband, estranged mother). Verb «estrange» is rare. Not the same as «strange» (odd), although they share a root.
In the corpora
- The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
- They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,
- He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
- "Estranged" means not in contact any more after a quarrel.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «estranged» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.