Synonyms for abandoned
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Corrupt — having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked
lost, corrupt, depraved, incorrigible, unprincipled, profligate, corrupted, reprobate, shameless, hardened, graceless, immoral, wicked, obdurate, wrong, vicious, licentious, bad, unrestrained, vile, promiscuous, villainous
2. Deserted — no longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted
deserted, forsaken, forlorn, desolate, uninhabited, vacant, isolated, careless, reckless, impetuous
Other
derelict, dissolute, demoralized, outcast, devoted, uninhibited, good-time, castaway
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
- adj. 2
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
They explored an abandoned factory on the edge of town.
Related words
- Word family
- abandonedly
- Phrases
- phantom abandoned call
- Is a kind of
- neglected
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A man may be accustomed to labor, attached to his profession, devoted to his religion, given to study or to gluttony (in the bad sense, given over, or given up, is a stronger and more hopeless expression, as is abandoned).
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- corrupted The morals of our politicians have been corrupted.
- deserted Tom and Mary became stranded on a deserted island.
- forsaken I've never seen a more god-forsaken stretch of desert.
- derelict The old mosque was derelict and rotting.
- outcast I felt like an outcast among those people.
- demoralized Pietro was severely demoralized by the recent events.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- lost1, vile1
- 5 letters
- wrong1
- 6 letters
- wicked2, vacant2
- 7 letters
- devoted3, corrupt2, vicious2, immoral3, outcast2, forlorn2
- 8 letters
- isolated4, reckless2, deserted3, careless2, hardened2, forsaken3, desolate3, derelict3, depraved2, castaway3, obdurate3
- 9 letters
- corrupted3, shameless2, impetuous3, dissolute, reprobate3, graceless2
- 10 letters
- villainous3, profligate3, licentious3
- 11 letters
- uninhabited5, promiscuous3, demoralized4, uninhibited5
- 12 letters
- unrestrained3, incorrigible5, unprincipled4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wicked2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- abandonné
- Italiano
- abbandonato
- Español
- abandonado
- Català
- abandonat