divorced
Meaning of divorced
verb
- To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.
- To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
- To obtain a legal divorce.
Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
- To separate something that was connected.
The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
- Cut off, or separated.
- (of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.
- (of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
Mark's parents are divorced.
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Hyphenation of divorced
di-vorced
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- divorced is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
divorced synonyms
Meaning :
disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate, split
divorced antonyms
Meaning :
marry, connected, engaged, married
Words that rhyme with divorced
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