drifted apart
Lost touch slowly
Drifted apart describes the gradual weakening of a relationship or connection over time, usually without conflict or deliberate choice.
Friends drift apart when they stop making contact; couples drift apart when intimacy fades.
The image is of objects floating slowly away from each other: We used to be close, but after college we just drifted apart.
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- polarizedSplit into opposing factions
- evolvedChanged through successive generations
- distantFar away or aloof
- faded awayGradually lost presence
slipped away · waned · disconnected · out of touch · scattered · alienated · diminished · divided · unbonded · fell out · fell off · detached · isolated · dispersed · separated · lost touch · lost contact · fragmented
drifted apartbonded
Fastened or emotionally connected
reconnected · came together · united · connected · reconciled
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