Abandoned

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Shorthand 1.5.1 Gregg

English

Etymology

Past participle of to abandon, formed with -ed

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbændənd/

Adjective

abandoned

1. Forsaken, deserted.

   Quotations

   • Your abandoned streams. - Thomson

2. Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain.

Synonyms

• Profligate; dissolute; corrupt; vicious; depraved; reprobate; wicked; unprincipled; graceless; vile.
• Profligate, Reprobate. These adjectives agree in expressing the idea of great personal depravity. Profligate has reference to open and shameless immoralities, either in private life or political conduct; as, a profligate court, a profligate ministry.
• Abandoned is stronger, and has reference to the searing of conscience and hardening of heart produced by a man's giving himself wholly up to iniquity; as, a man of abandoned character.
• Reprobate describes the condition of one who has become insensible to reproof, and who is morally abandoned and lost beyond hope of recovery.

Quotations

• God gave them over to a reprobate mind. - Romans 1:28

Translations

Catalan: abandonat Dutch: verlaten Estonian: maha jäetud, hüljatud Finnish: hylätty (1), oman onnensa nojassa oleva, turmeltunut (2) French: abandonné German: verlassen, herrenlos

Interlingua: abandonate Italian: abbandonato Norwegian: løssluppen Portuguese: abandonado Scottish: trèigte Spanish: abandonado Swedish: övergiven Turkish: terk edilmiş

Verb

abandoned

1. Simple past and past participle of to abandon.

Shorthand

Gregg

• (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - a - n - dn - d
• (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - a - nd - disjoined t

ar:abandoned de:abandoned fr:abandoned it:abandoned fi:abandoned zh:abandoned