abandoned

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈbeə̯n.dənd/ UK /əˈbæn.dənd/ See IPA manual

Freq #2691

Meanings

1

adj
left empty and no longer used or cared for

They explored an abandoned house at the edge of town.
2

adj
left alone by someone who should be caring for you

The abandoned puppy was found shivering by the road.
3

adj
behaving in a wild, uncontrolled way, free from any restraint

The dancers moved with abandoned joy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · left empty and no longer... derelict deserted forsaken

2 adj · left alone by someone who... deserted forsaken

3 adj · behaving in a wild,... unconstraineduninhibited

More corruptdemoralizeddepraved desert desolate discarded dropped forlorn graceless

Opposites

maintained owned possessed unabandonedunforsaken

Word family

Derived forms abandonedlyabandonednessbandononabandonedself-abandonedsemiabandonedunabandoned

Related forms cheerless

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Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.

abandoned Middle English

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# abandoned

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈbeə̯n.dənd/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈbæn.dənd/
**Frequency rank:** 2691

## Meanings
1. left empty and no longer used or cared for
2. left alone by someone who should be caring for you
3. behaving in a wild, uncontrolled way, free from any restraint

## Examples
- They explored an abandoned house at the edge of town.
- The abandoned puppy was found shivering by the road.
- The dancers moved with abandoned joy.

## Synonyms
- corrupt
- demoralized
- depraved
- derelict
- desert
- deserted
- desolate
- discarded
- dropped
- forlorn
- forsaken
- graceless

## Antonyms
- maintained
- owned
- possessed
- unabandoned
- unforsaken

## Derived Forms
- abandonedly
- abandonedness
- bando
- nonabandoned
- self-abandoned
- semiabandoned
- unabandoned

## Related Forms
- cheerless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: abandoned

## Etymology
From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Abandoned is from Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon plus -ed. The -ed ending gives the form participial force, so the adjective describes something marked by, affected by, or supplied with equivalent to abandon. In use as an adjective, abandoned denotes left empty and no longer used or cared for, left alone by someone who should be caring for you, and behaving in a wild, uncontrolled way, free from any restraint. The same word family continues in derived forms such as abandonedly, abandonedness, bando, and nonabandoned and related entries such as cheerless.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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