Synonyms for divorced


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-vawrs, -vohrs
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɔrs, -ˈvoʊrs

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Définition of divorced

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French divorce (14c.), from Latin divortium "separation, dissolution of marriage," from divertere "to separate, leave one's husband, turn aside" (see divert). Not distinguished in English from legal separation until mid-19c.
  • verb split up a marriage
Example sentences :
  • In such cases any one who cannot overcome jealousy will be divorced.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • I could have divorced him easy enough, there was reasons plenty, but I wouldn't do that.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Has he, perchance, become a man since Madonna Lucrezia divorced him?
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • The woman who is divorced every season––and stars in musical comedy?
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • He has told me all; she is not his wife, but the divorced wife of a well-known man in office.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • The wonder grew when the boy was divorced from his wife—the beautiful Channah.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • These people live as they do, because they have divorced sex from love.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • They would have been divorced, and both could have gone their own way.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • The divorced wife and the much-loved wife are still alive and not yet old.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • I was poor and lonely, and a divorced woman, though the right had been on my side.
  • Extract from : « Adam Johnstone's Son » by F. Marion Crawford

Antonyms for divorced

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