divorced

1. 1.

   of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved

   Similarunmarried

Other forms of divorced

comparative

divorcedder·

superlative

divorceddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divorced

What does divorced mean?

divorced means "of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved".

How many syllables are in divorced?

divorced has 2 syllables: divor-ced. The stress falls on "ced". In IPA it is /dɪˈvɔɹst/.

Is divorced a common word?

divorced is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.