divorced

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word divorced. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word divorced, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say divorced in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word divorced you have here. The definition of the word divorced will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdivorced, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

divorced (not comparable)

  1. Cut off, or separated.
    divorced from reality
    • 1992, Rudolf M Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page ix:
      It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
    • 2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      Romain Ioualalen, policy lead at Oil Change International, a pressure group, said: “The latest draft is an incoherent and dangerous list of weak measures completely divorced from what is needed to limit warming to 1.5C.”
  2. (of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
    It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.
  3. (of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
    Mark's parents are divorced.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

divorced

  1. simple past and past participle of divorce