detached
2
4.3
- adjective
- /dɪˈtæʧt/
:
desprendido
- During lunch, he sits alone, secluded, isolated, separate, detached, severed.
The mirror is just just dangling there, just all shiny and new, just dangling there, broken, detached.
- The mirror is just just dangling there, just all shiny and new, just dangling there, broken, detached.
- A single unified, detached thing separate from his body and other people and the world.
Examples
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After moving to the new city, she felt detached from her old friends and struggled to make new connections.
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The house was completely detached, standing alone in the open field, far from any other buildings.
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My head is a ball, totally detached from my body.
Fiction book (2001) -
A single unified, detached thing separate from his body and other people and the world.
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"I was starting to feel very detached and light-headed.
Fiction book (2000) -
I still thought him handsome, though gaunt and detached.
Fiction book (1991) -
The sensation makes me feel weightless and detached from my surroundings.
Fiction book (1996) -
I see her decompressing like a computer file, her eyes growing airy and detached, her tongue darting briefly to wet her lips.
Fiction book (2002) -
Coming from a family with a long history of eye trouble, I wasn't too surprised when a detached retina sent me to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston.
Fiction book (1997) -
He noticed a detached piece of metal hanging loosely from the car's fender.
Synonyms
829
2.1
Not joined to another thing and kept apart
155
1.0
Able to move or come loose
3
7.0
Not held in place and often feels unstable or uncertain
2
4.2
Not fixed to anything so it can move freely
1
5.8
Cut off from the rest by a sharp object
1
4.2
Not stuck to a surface and coming off
1
4.9
Not joined to something it was attached to before
Not attached to something or fastened in place
Separated so parts are not connected anymore
Not physically connected or locked so parts can move apart
Free from any tie and able to move or act freely
Not connected to another thing, like a beam or wire
Not together with other people, kept apart from them
Not attached or held in place so it can move
Not touching any other object or surface
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.3
The retina pulls away from the back of the eye, causing sudden vision loss
How Detached
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Detached comes from de- 'off' and attach 'join', so it originally meant 'taken off' from something it was joined to. That is why a detached wire or piece is separated or not fixed in place.