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Lumpen vs Estranged - What's the difference?

lumpen | estranged |

As a noun lumpen

is rag, tatter, shred or lumpen can be .

As a verb estranged is

(estrange).

As an adjective estranged is

having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

lumpen

English

Adjective

  • Of or referring to social outcasts.
  • Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
  • Plebeian
  • estranged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (estrange)
  • She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.
  • Usage notes

    A relatively formal term, the more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.

    Synonyms

    * alienated

    Coordinate terms

    * separated