abandoned

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbændənd/

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Etymology 1

Past tense of the verb to abandon.

Verb

abandoned

1. Simple past tense and past participle of abandon.

Etymology 2

From the past participle of to abandon, formed with -ed.

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

   Your abandoned streams. - Thomson

2. No longer cared for by friends, family, etc.

   After her parents died, the girl felt extremely abandoned.

3. Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Synonyms

forsaken, deserted

deserted

forsaken

self-abandoned, wicked, given up to vice etc.

corrupt depraved dissolute graceless reprobate

unprincipled vicious vile wicked

Translations

forsaken, deserted

Catalan: abandonat (ca) Dutch: verlaten (nl) Estonian: maha jäetud, hüljatud Finnish: hylätty (1), oman onnensa nojassa oleva, turmeltunut (2) French: abandonné (fr) German: verlassen (de), herrenlos (de) Greek: εγκατελελειμμένος (el) Hindi: परित्यक्त (hi) (parityakt) m. Interlingua: abandonate Inuktitut: hingitaq Italian: abbandonato (it) Latin: derelictus (la), desertus (la)

Marathi: त्यक्त, परित्यक्त Norwegian: løssluppen (no) Portuguese: abandonado (pt) Romanian: abandonat (ro) m., părăsit (ro) m. and n. Russian: заброшенный (ru), покинутый (ru) Scottish Gaelic: trèigte, air fhàgail Serbian: напуштен (sr) (napušten) m. Spanish: abandonado (es) Swedish: övergiven (sv) Turkish: terk edilmiş (tr) Vietnamese: bị bỏ rơi, bị ruồng bỏ

wicked, self-abandoned, given to sin

Chamorro: maabandona (ch), madingo (ch), mayute (ch) French: dévergondé (fr) m., dévergondée (fr) f. Romanian: vicios (ro) m., desfrânat (ro) m. and n., imoral (ro) m. and n., nerușinat (ro) m. and n. Russian: падший (ru), распутный (ru)

Scottish Gaelic: meallta Serbian: запуштен (sr) (zapušten) m. Spanish: desenfrenado (es), desinhibido (es) Vietnamese: phóng đãng (vi), truỵ lạc (vi), trụy lạc (vi)

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - a - n - dn - d

(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - nd - disjoined t