estranged
No longer close
Estranged describes a relationship that has become distant or hostile, typically between family members or spouses who were once close: her estranged husband, estranged from his father for years.
The word implies a breach that may or may not be permanent—more serious than distant, less final than divorced or disowned.
Rejected familial ties
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- rejectedRefused or turned away
- spurnedRejected with contempt
forsaken · outcast · abandoned · unloved · unwanted · exiled · cast out · disaffected
In different locations
- separatedPut or kept apart
- removedTaken from position
- gapUnfilled space between
- chasmDeep, steep-sided gap
gulf · divide · barrier · wall · silence · years · time · geography
Far away or aloof
- coldLow temperature state
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- hurtCause or feel pain
- woundedHaving sustained harm
resentful · guarded · withdrawn · closed off · hardened · unforgiving · hostile · indifferent
disowned
Rejected familial ties
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- rejectedRefused or turned away
spurned · forsaken · outcast · abandoned · unloved · unwanted · exiled · cast out · disaffected · disenchanted
parent
Mother or father
mother · daughter · son · brother · sister · spouse · relative · kin · family · ex-wife
apart
In different locations
chasm · gulf · divide · barrier · wall · silence · years · time · geography · absence
distant
Far away or aloof
wounded · resentful · guarded · withdrawn · closed off · hardened · unforgiving · hostile · indifferent · aloof
rift
Crack or estrangement
- breachBreaking of agreement
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
- falling-outSerious dispute ending relations
split · breakup · separation · divorce · feud · schism · discord · conflict · tension · animosity
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- familiarityfamiliar, unfamiliar, known, unknown, acquainted
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- out of placemisfit, odd, misplaced, unsuitable, unfitting
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
estrangedreconciled
Restored to harmony
reunited · mended · healed · forgiven · back together
- estranged familyRelatives cut off emotionally
- estranged parentMother or father cut off
- estranged childOffspring no longer speaking
- estranged siblingRelative cut off emotionally
estrange, estrangement, estranges, estranging, estrangements