abandoned
/ə'bændənd/
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The old farmhouse stood abandoned, its windows broken and its yard overgrown.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Forsaken or deserted: Left completely and permanently by someone who previously had control, ownership, or responsibility; no longer used, occupied, or maintained.
- Free from restraint or inhibition: Acting with a complete lack of restraint or self-consciousness, often in a wild or uninhibited manner.
Examples of Usage
Adjective (Forsaken/Deserted): The explorers found an abandoned mining town deep in the mountains.The abandoned puppy was rescued and taken to a shelter.
Adjective (Uninhibited): She danced with abandoned joy at the celebration.The children laughed with abandoned glee.
Advanced Usage
- "to be abandoned to (something)": To be completely given over to a feeling, state, or vice.
- Legal/Property Context: Refers to property intentionally relinquished by the owner with no intention of reclaiming it.
Variants and Related Words
- Abandon (verb): To leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; to give up control of.
- Abandonment (noun): The act of abandoning or the state of being abandoned.
Synonyms
- Deserted: Left empty or unused.
- Forsaken: Abandoned or deserted.
- Derelict: In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
- Uninhibited: Expressing one's feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint.
Antonyms
- Inhabited: Lived in; occupied.
- Restrained: Characterized by reserve or moderation; controlled.
- Maintained: Kept in good condition.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "with gay abandon": With a complete lack of concern or worry. (Note: 'gay' here is used in its older sense of 'carefree').
- "to abandon oneself to": To yield oneself completely to an emotion or impulse.
The old farmhouse stood abandoned, its windows broken and its yard overgrown.
Adjective
- free from constraint
- an abandoned sadness born of grief- Liam O'Flaherty
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants
- weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse