abandoned[adjective]Synonyms: derelict, deserted, desolate, forsaken, lorn, solitary, uncouth, dissolute, licentious, profligate, reprobate, self-abandoned, unprincipled
Antonyms: scrupulous, upright
Contrasted words: ethical, high-principled, moral, reputable, virtuous, correct, decent, decorous, proper, seemly
Related Idioms: dead to honor, gone to the bad, lost to shame, rotten (to
or at) the core
Related Words: debased,
debauched,
depraved,
perverted,
riotous,
incorrigible,
lascivious,
lecherous,
lewd,
wanton,
corrupt,
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a‧ban‧doned AC /əˈbændənd/
adjective [
Word Family: verb:
abandon;
noun:
abandonment;
adjective:
abandoned]
1. an abandoned building, car, boat etc has been left by the people who owned or used it:
The car was found abandoned in Bristol. the demolition of abandoned buildings2. [only before noun] an abandoned person or animal has been left completely alone by the person that was looking after them
3. literary behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way
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