Abandoned
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈbæn.dənd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Abandoned is an adjective meaning Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
Meaning
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
More Meanings
- No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
- Free from constraint; uninhibited.
- (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
- simple past and past participle of abandon
Example Sentences
abandoned building
abandoned property
[…] your abandoned streams […]
They explored an abandoned factory on the edge of town.
Synonyms for abandoned
Depending on context, synonyms include bad, corrupt, demoralized, depraved, graceless, hardened.
Antonyms for abandoned
Common opposites include maintained, owned, possessed, unabandoned.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forsaken, deserted, uninhibited, uninhabited, failed, destitute.
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