Meanings
adjectivedivorced (not comparable)
- not comparableCut off, or separated.
divorced from reality
2 more examples
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.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ixRomain 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.”
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
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of divorce
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic مُطَلَّق, مُطَلَّقَة
- مُطَلَّق (muṭallaq)legally dissolved
- مُطَلَّقَة (muṭallaqa)legally dissolved
- مُطَلَّق (muṭallaq)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- مُطَلَّقَة (muṭallaqa)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Bulgarian разве́ден, разве́дена
- разве́ден (razvéden)legally dissolved
- разве́дена (razvédena)legally dissolved
- разве́ден (razvéden)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- разве́дена (razvédena)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Catalan separat, divorciat
- separatseparated
- divorciatlegally dissolved
- divorciathaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Chinese Mandarin 離了婚的 /离了婚的, 離婚了 /离婚了
- 離了婚的 /离了婚的 (lí le hūn de)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- 離婚了 /离婚了 (líhūn le)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Czech rozvedený, rozvedená
- rozvedenýhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
- rozvedenáhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Danish adskilt, opløst
- adskiltseparated
- opløstlegally dissolved
- skilthaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Dutch gescheiden, gescheiden
- gescheidenlegally dissolved
- gescheidenhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Esperanto divorcinta
- divorcintahaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Estonian lahutatud
- lahutatudhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Finnish erotettu, eronnut
- erotettuseparated
- eronnutlegally dissolved
- eronnuthaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
French divorcé, divorcée
- divorcélegally dissolved
- divorcéelegally dissolved
- divorcéhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
- divorcéehaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
German getrennt, losgelöst
- getrenntseparated
- losgelöstseparated
- geschiedenlegally dissolved
- geschiedenhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Greek διαζευγμένος, χωρισμένος
- διαζευγμένος (diazevgménos)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- χωρισμένος (chorisménos)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Hebrew גרוש \ גָּרוּשׁ
- גרוש \ גָּרוּשׁ (garúsh)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Hindi तलाकशुदा, तलाक़शुदा
- तलाकशुदा (talākśudā)legally dissolved
- तलाक़शुदा (talāqśudā)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- तलाकशुदा (talākśudā)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Hungarian szétválasztott, elkülönített
- szétválasztottseparated
- elkülönítettseparated
- elkülönültseparated
- elváltlegally dissolved
- elválthaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Icelandic fráskilinn, fráskilin
- fráskilinnhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
- fráskilinhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Indonesian bercerai
- berceraihaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Irish colscartha
- colscarthahaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Italian divorziato, divorziato
- divorziatolegally dissolved
- divorziatohaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Japanese 離婚した
- 離婚した (rikon shita)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Korean 이혼했다, 리혼했다
- 이혼했다 (ihonhaetda)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- 리혼했다 (rihonhaetda)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Latvian šķīries, šķīrusies
- šķīrieshaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
- šķīrusieshaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Lithuanian išsiskyręs, išsiskyrusi
- išsiskyręshaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
- išsiskyrusihaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Malay bercerai
- berceraihaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Māori wehe, wehe
- weheseparated
- wehelegally dissolved
Norwegian Bokmål adskilt, fraskilt
- adskiltseparated
- fraskiltlegally dissolved
- skilthaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Polish rozwiedziony, rozwiedziona
- rozwiedzionyhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
- rozwiedzionahaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Portuguese divorciado
- divorciadohaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Romanian desprins, divorțat
- desprinsseparated
- divorțathaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Russian разведённый, разведённая
- разведённый (razvedjónnyj)legally dissolved
- разведённая (razvedjónnaja)legally dissolved
- разведённый (razvedjónnyj)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- разведённая (razvedjónnaja)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Slovak rozvedený, rozvedený
- rozvedenýlegally dissolved
- rozvedenýhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
- rozvedenáhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Spanish divorciado, divorciado
- divorciadoseparated
- divorciadolegally dissolved
- divorciadohaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Turkish boşanmış
- boşanmışhaving had one's marriage legally dissolved
Ukrainian розлу́чений, розлу́чена
- розлу́чений (rozlúčenyj)legally dissolved
- розлу́чена (rozlúčena)legally dissolved
- розве́дений (rozvédenyj)legally dissolved
- розве́дена (rozvédena)legally dissolved
- розлу́чений (rozlúčenyj)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- розлу́чена (rozlúčena)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- розве́дений (rozvédenyj)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- розве́дена (rozvédena)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
Urdu مُطَلَّق, مُطَلَّقَہ
- مُطَلَّق (mutallaq)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- مُطَلَّقَہ (mutallaqa)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
- طَلاق یافْتَہ (talāq yāfta)having had one's marriage legally dissolved
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APA
divorced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorced
MLA
“divorced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorced. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divorced,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divorced.
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