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abandoned

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a·ban·doned  (-bndnd)
adj.
1. Deserted; forsaken.
2. Exuberantly enthusiastic.
3. Recklessly unrestrained.

abandoned [əˈbændənd]
adj
1. deserted an abandoned windmill
2. forsaken an abandoned child
3. unrestrained; uninhibited wild, abandoned dancing
4. depraved; profligate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.abandoned - forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
uninhabited - not having inhabitants; not lived in; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses"
2.abandonedabandoned - free from constraint; "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty
uninhibited - not inhibited or restrained; "uninhibited exuberance"

abandoned
adjective
1. unoccupied, empty, deserted, vacant, derelict, uninhabited abandoned buildings that become a breeding ground for crime
unoccupied kept, claimed, maintained, occupied
2. deserted, dropped, rejected, neglected, stranded, ditched, discarded, relinquished, left, forsaken, cast off, jilted, cast aside, cast out, cast away a newsreel of abandoned children suffering from cold and hunger
3. uninhibited, wild, uncontrolled, unbridled, unrestrained, unconstrained people who enjoy wild, abandoned lovemaking
uninhibited conscious, restrained, inhibited
Translations
abandoned [əˈbændənd] ADJ
1. (= deserted) [house, building] → abandonado, desierto; [child] → abandonado, desamparado; [vehicle, pet] → abandonado
2. (= unrestrained) [manner] → desinhibido, desenfrenado
in an abandoned fashioncon abandono, desenfrenadamente
3. (o.f.) (= dissolute) an abandoned womanuna mujer perdida or de conducta dudosa
abandoned [əˈbændənd] adj
[building, mine, car] → abandonné(e)
[child] → abandonné(e)
(= unrestrained) → sans retenue
abandoned
adj
(= dissolute)verkommen
(= unrestrained) dancingselbstvergessen, hingebungsvoll, hemmungslos (pej); joyunbändig
abandoned [əˈbændənd] adj (unrestrained, manner) → disinvolto/a, spontaneo/a


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case, wherein a gentleman, after in vain trying to bridle his wife's viciousness, had at last abandoned her upon the seas of life; but in the course of years, repenting of that step, he instituted an action to recover possession of her.
It was not here that Charles Strickland lived in guilty splendour with the unknown charmer for whose sake he had abandoned honour and duty.
It moved her to dreams, to thoughtfulness, to the shadowy anguish which had overcome her the midnight when she had abandoned herself to tears.
 
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