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divorced

divorced

1.8
No longer married because a court ended the marriage
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈvɔrst/
translation icon : divorciado
  • He was freshly divorced and had two kids, right?

My parents, they've been divorced for a long time.

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Examples

  • My parents, they've been divorced for a long time.

  • After their bitter argument, they decided to remain friends, despite being divorced.

  • OK, so a divorced dad, two kids.

  • Are you a divorced dad, you know, with three kids?

  • And hell, I'm divorced too, so like, I get it.

  • They were single mothers, divorced, they had money problems.

  • Like, well, grandma's divorced, Mom's divorced, Mom's sister.

  • She is a divorced woman raising her children on her own.

  • My friend is happily divorced and ready to start dating again.

Synonyms

single
vsdivorced
733 1.0

Not married and not in a romantic relationship

is the legal end of a past marriage, not just lacking a partner
unmarried
vsdivorced
68 1.0

Not having a husband or wife

is the legal end of a previous marriage

Antonyms

1.0

Having a husband or wife

Compounds

4 1.6

A man who is no longer married because the court ended his marriage

9.6

A cautious, changed feeling people have after their marriage ends

A relaxed, joking way some men act after a marriage ends

Surface Forms

divorced positive

Morphology

divorced = divorce (transparent) = divorce + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'divorce', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Divorced comes from Latin parts di- meaning 'apart' and vertere meaning 'to turn', the same root you see in reverse. So to be divorced is like being 'turned apart' from your partner, which is why the word means a marriage has been legally ended.