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Another word for abandoned

abandoned Synonyms

abandoned

modif.

Left uninhabited or unsupported
deserted, desolate, forsaken, desperate, surrendered, empty, given up, unused, vacated, left, vacant, neglected, relinquished, lonely, solitary, hopeless, cast aside, cast off, cast away, forgotten, repudiated, derelict, shunned, adrift, at the mercy of the elements, forlorn, at the mercy of one's enemies, mournful, avoided, outcast, rejected, helpless, unfortunate, alone, lorn, discarded, scorned, lost, doomed, friendless, wretched, in the hands of fate, eliminated, in the wastebasket*, thrown overboard*, out on a limb*, waiting at the church*, left hanging*, left in the lurch*, left in the cold*, left holding the bag*.
Antonyms inhabited*, used, cared for.
Having lost one's self-respect
immoral, debased, dissolute, unrestrained; see lewd 2, wicked 1.

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Another word for abandoned

adjective

Having been given up and left alone:
bereft, derelict, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, lorn. See keep
Lacking in moral restraint:
dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild. See restraint

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Abandoned vehicles are probably the best quality reports.
It was bad enough that I abandoned her.
Carmen abandoned the garden and followed him into the house.
She had quite abandoned the hope of getting married.
More than anything else in Pierre's story the captain was impressed by the fact that Pierre was very rich, had two mansions in Moscow, and that he had abandoned everything and not left the city, but remained there concealing his name and station.

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