ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
  2. Free from constraint; uninhibited.
  3. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
  4. 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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