The Clue
Estranged (9 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIENATED
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Notes
The answer ALIENATED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Made hostile
Shut off (from)
Turned off
Put off
Like many former friends
Definition
ALIENATE as a verb:
1. (estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect) = arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
2. (alien, alienate) = transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
3. make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"
ALIENATED as an adjective:
1. (alienated, anomic, disoriented) = socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"
2. (alienated, estranged) = caused to be unloved