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Antonyms for detached


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-tacht
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtætʃt



Definition of detached

Origin :
  • 1680s, from French détacher "to detach, untie," from Old French destachier, from des- "apart" + attachier "attach" (see attach). Related: Detached; detaching.
  • adj disconnected
  • adj aloof, disinterested; neutral
Example sentences :
  • Supposing him ready to separate from her, could she be detached from him?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The sixth man was Scottie, who had long since been detached from the party.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • It is present in all his works, in stray letters and detached passages.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • In fact, Claudio's temper here is as detached and impartial as Benedick's.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • He said these words slowly, without emphasis, in almost a detached manner.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Marny spoke in crisp, detached sentences between the pats of his brush.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Skirmishers were detached from Grierson's command and drove off the Southern riflemen.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • But they were detached fires, and they did not fuse into a general mass at any time.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • She ran her knife around her sketch, detached it, and tore it across and across.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

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