English Explanatory Dictionary

abandoned

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
  2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
  3. Free from constraint; uninhibited.
  4. No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of abandon

Pronunciation

/əˈbæn.dənd/ en-us-abandoned.ogg /əˈbeə̯n.dənd/ /əˈbɛə̯n.dənd/

Word forms

abandoned more abandoned most abandoned

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.

Synonyms

corrupt demoralized depraved graceless hardened impetuous impenitent incorrigible irreclaimable licentious lost obdurate profligate reckless rejected reprobate shameless sinful uninhibited unprincipled unrestrained vicious vile wanton wicked wild . See also Thesaurus:evil abandoned derelict desert deserted desolate discarded dropped forlorn forsaken high and dry left behind orphaned arrant bad bad apple bad seed baleful scurrilous baneful base black-hearted dark deleterious demonic despicable detrimental devilish diabolical evil evil-minded facinorous flagitious harmful heinous

Antonyms

maintained owned possessed unabandoned unforsaken

Related words

cheerless

Derived words

abandoned child syndrome abandoned habits abandonedly abandonedness abandoned property bando nonabandoned phantom abandoned call self-abandoned semiabandoned unabandoned
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