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divorced

/dɪˈvɔː(ɹ)st/

divorced adjective: cut off, or separated. Also the simple past and past participle of divorce.

Adjective

divorced (not comparable)

  1. Cut off, or separated.
    • divorced from reality
    • 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 ix
  2. Legally dissolved.
    • It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.
  3. Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.
    • Mark's parents are divorced.

Also used as

divorced is also the simple past and past participle of divorce.

divorced meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

divorced in Hindi

legally dissolved
तलाकशुदा talākśudā
having had one's marriage legally dissolved
तलाक़शुदा talāqśudā, तलाकशुदा talākśudā

divorced in Marathi

घटस्फोटित, घटस्फोटीत

divorced in Urdu

having had one's marriage legally dissolved
مُطَلَّق mutallaq, مُطَلَّقَہ mutallaqa, طَلاق یافْتَہ talāq yāfta

divorced in Bengali

তালাকপ্রাপ্ত
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divorced in Telugu
విడాకులు తీసుకున్నారు
divorced in Malayalam
വിവാഹമോചനം നേടി
divorced in Kannada
ವಿಚ್ಛೇದನ ಪಡೆದರು, ವಿಚ್ಛೇದನ ಪಡೆದವರು
divorced in Gujarati
છૂટાછેડા લીધા
divorced in Arabic
مُطَلَّق muṭallaq, مُطَلَّقَة muṭallaqa
divorced in Malay
bercerai
divorced in Indonesian
bercerai

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Questions about divorced

What does divorced mean?
Divorced means cut off, or separated.
What is divorced in Hindi?
Divorced in Hindi is तलाकशुदा (talākśudā), तलाक़शुदा (talāqśudā). See Divorced meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is divorced?
Divorced is an adjective.
How do you pronounce divorced?
Divorced is pronounced /dɪˈvɔː(ɹ)st/.

Words near divorced in the dictionary

  1. divorce mill
  2. divorce mills
  3. divorce rape
  4. divorce rapes
  5. divorceable
  6. divorced
  7. divorced energy
  8. divorced from reality
  9. divorced guy energy
  10. divorced kid
  11. divorced kids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: divorced (page history and authors); divorced (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divorced (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divorced (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divorced (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divorced (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divorced (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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