Definitions for abandonedəˈbæn dənd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

a•ban•donedəˈbæn dənd(adj.)

  1. forsaken or deserted:

    an abandoned building.

  2. unrestrained or uninhibited.

  3. utterly lacking in moral restraints.

Origin of abandoned:

1350–1400

a•ban′doned•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. abandoned, derelict, deserted(adj)

    forsaken by owner or inhabitants

    "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

  2. abandoned(adj)

    free from constraint

    "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abandoned(u)

    of Abandon

  2. Abandoned(adj)

    forsaken, deserted

  3. Abandoned(adj)

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


Translations for abandoned

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

abandoned(adjective)

shameless

an abandoned young woman.

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