distant
Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
Example
“We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.”
Other meanings
Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
“Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.”
Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
Related words
- distantly
- distantness
- nondistant
- overdistant
- subdistant
- ultradistant
- undistant
- dim and distant
- distant starlight problem
- socially distant
- distant signal
- equidistant
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "distāns".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “distant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.