abandoned

The word “abandoned” has 3 syllables: a-ban-doned

It's pronounced as /əˈbændənd/

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In the thesaurus, “abandoned” has 165 synonyms and 82 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abandoned along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for abandoned

abjured
aborted
abrogated
alone
annulled
barbaric
basked
broke off
broke up
called
called off
canceled
cancelled
cast aside
cast away
cast-off
castaway
ceased
closed
concluded
corrupt
countermanded
cried off
cut off
delivered
depraved
derelict
deserted
desolate
discarded
discontinued
disowned
disregarded
dissipated
dissolute
distanced
disused
ditched
dropped
dumped
eighty-sixed
eliminated
empty
ended
escaped
expired
finished
flung
forgot
forgotten
forsaken
forsook
gave up
given up
godforsaken
halted
handed over
held back
hog wild
hung it up
idle
ignored
immoral
incontinent
incorrigible
indulged
intemperate
interrupted
invalidated
jettisoned
jilted
junked
knocked off
left
left in the cold
left in the lurch
left off
licentious
luxuriated
marooned
miserable
neglected
nullified
outcast
overdid
overindulged
passed up
paused
pigeon-holed
profligate
quit
quitted
rampant
raw
recalled
recanted
refuse
rejected
relinquished
renounced
repealed
repudiated
rescinded
retracted
reveled
revelled
reversed
revoked
riotous
rolled
rolled back
runaway
sacrificed
scrapped
scrubbed
shabby
shameless
shed
shunned
shut off
side-tracked
sidelined
sinful
stopped
stranded
surrendered
suspended
tapered off
terminated
threw away
threw out
threw up
took back
unattended
unbounded
unbridled
unchecked
uncontrollable
uncontrolled
ungovernable
unhampered
unhindered
uninhibited
unoccupied
unprincipled
unrestrained
untended
vacant
vacated
void
voided
walked away from
walked out on
wallowed
wanton
waste
wicked
wild
winded up
withdrew
wound up
wrapped up
wretched
wrote off
yielded

Antonyms for abandoned

adopted
began
bridled
carried on
chaste
checked
cherished
clean
commenced
constrained
continued
controlled
curbed
decent
defended
denied
engaged
eschewed
forbore
forewent
forwent
governed
had
hampered
harbored
held
held on
hindered
honorable
hung in
hung on
inhibited
initiated
innocent
kept
kept up
kind
maintained
moderate
moral
noble
owned
persevered
persisted
pledged
possessed
preserved
promised
pure
ran on
reclaimed
reconditioned
recovered
redeemed
rehabbed
rehabilitated
renewed
reopened
repeopled
rescued
reserved
restarted
restored
restrained
resumed
retained
retrieved
salvaged
saved
started
stayed
supported
temperate
tempered
took on
took up
uncorrupt
undertook
upright
virtuous
went
withheld

Meanings of abandoned

verb
1. To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
2. To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
3. To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
4. To subdue; to take control of.
5. To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
6. To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
7. To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
adjective
1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited.
4. No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Example Sentences

The old, abandoned house at the end of the street stood in eerie silence.
Walking through the abandoned amusement park, they felt a sense of desolation and emptiness.
The abandoned car in the parking lot raised suspicions among the neighbors.
The once-thriving factory now sat in ruins, a stark reminder of the abandoned industrial era.
As night fell, the abandoned cemetery took on a haunting atmosphere.

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