Definition of Estranging

1. Adjective. Making one feel out of place or alienated. "The landscape was estranging"

Similar to: Disorienting

Definition of Estranging

1. Verb. (present participle of estrange) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Estranging

1. estrange [v] - See also: estrange

Lexicographical Neighbors of Estranging

estral
estramacon
estramacons
estramustine
estramustine phosphate sodium
estrane
estranes
estrange
estranged
estrangedness
estrangement
estrangements
estranger
estrangers
estranges
estranging (current term)
estrangle
estrangled
estrangles
estrangling
estraterrestrial body
estratriene
estray
estrayed
estraying
estrays
estre
estreat
estreated

Literary usage of Estranging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poet Lore (1921)
"... (literally five) words long' of English verse—a phrase complete and final, with epithets in unerring cumulation 'The unplumb'd, salt, estranging sea. ..."

2. Essays, Theological and Literary by Richard Holt Hutton (1880)
"... salt, estranging sea." That last line is inexhaustible in beauty and force. Without any false emphasis or prolix, dwelling on the matter, it shadows out ..."

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