detached (adj.)

  1. used of buildings; standing apart from others; detached houses; a detached garage'

  2. showing lack of emotional involvement; adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair- J.S.Perelman; she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least shes not hypocritically effusive; an uninvolved bystander

    [ Syn: degage , uninvolved ]

  3. being or feeling set or kept apart from others; she felt detached from the group; could not remain the isolated figure he had been- Sherwood Anderson; thought of herself as alone and separated from the others; had a set-apart feeling

    [ Syn: isolated , separated , set-apart ]

  4. no longer connected or joined; a detached part; on one side of the island was a hugh rock, almost detached; the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases

    [ Syn: separated ]

  5. lacking affection or warm feeling; an uncaring person

    [ Syn: unaffectionate , uncaring ]

  6. not fixed in position; the detached shutter fell on him; he pulled his arm free and ran

    [ Syn: free ]

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