abandoned

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbæn.dn̩d/
• (America) IPA: /əˈbæn.dn̩d/

Adjective

abandoned

1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

• (immoral) bad, corrupt, demoralized, depraved, dissolute, graceless, hardened, impetuous, impenitent, incorrigible, irreclaimable, licentious, lost, obdurate, profligate, reckless, rejected, reprobate, shameless, sinful, uninhibited, unprincipled, unrestrained, vicious, vile, wanton, wicked, wild . See also Thesaurus:evil
• (forsaken) careless, deserted, discarded, forsaken

Translations

• French: dévergondé, dévergondée
• Russian: па́дший
• Spanish: desenfrenado, desinhibido

Translations

• French: abandonné
• German: verlassen, herrenlos
• Italian: abbandonato
• Portuguese: abandonado
• Russian: забро́шенный
• Spanish: abandonado

Translations

• Russian: несде́ржанный

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of abandon

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