detached

  • (s) 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 she's not hypocritically effusive
    • an uninvolved bystander
    degage, uninvolved,
  • (s) 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
    separated, set-apart, isolated,
  • (s) 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
    separated,
  • (a) used of buildings; standing apart from others
    • detached houses
    • a detached garage
  • (s) lacking affection or warm feeling
    • an uncaring person
    unaffectionate, uncaring,
  • (s) not fixed in position
    • the detached shutter fell on him
    • he pulled his arm free and ran
    free,

Synonyms

degage uninvolved separated set-apart isolated unaffectionate uncaring free

Antonyms

attached

Words of close approximity

detached house detached retina