Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abandoned

/əˈbæn.dənd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: a-ban-doned
IPA: /əˈbæn.dənd/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.

adj

No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.

adj

Free from constraint; uninhibited.

adj

No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

verb

simple past and past participle of abandon

Example Sentences

"Such immunity to offenders offered a safe asylum to the vilest and most abandoned scoundrels."
"abandoned building"
"abandoned property"
"They explored an abandoned factory on the edge of town."
"[…] your abandoned streams […]"
"Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: abandoned

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈbæn.dənd/
British English: /əˈbæn.dənd/

Inflected Forms

more abandoned (comparative) most abandoned (superlative)

Derived Forms

abandonedly abandonedness bando nonabandoned semiabandoned unabandoned

Phrases

abandoned child syndrome abandoned habits abandoned property phantom abandoned call self-abandoned

Frequently Paired Words

cheerless

Synonyms

abandoned arrant bad bad apple bad seed baleful scurrilous baneful base black-hearted dark deleterious

Antonyms

maintained owned possessed unabandoned unforsaken

Questions

How do you pronounce abandoned?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈbæn.dənd/.
What does abandoned mean?: Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
Where does abandoned come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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