| Main Entry: | jilt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, betray |
Synonyms: |
break off, coquette, deceive, desert, disappoint, discard, ditch*, drop*, dump*, forsake, get rid of, leave, leave at the altar, leave flat, reject, throw over |
Antonyms: |
keep, love |
| Main Entry: | jilted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | left |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, deserted, discarded, forsaken, neglected |
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave in troubled state |
Synonyms: |
back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, leave behind, quit, reject, renounce, throw over, walk out on |
Antonyms: |
adopt, assert, favor, uphold |
| Main Entry: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | left alone, deserted |
Synonyms: |
alone, cast aside, cast away, deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, dumped, eighty-sixed, eliminated, empty, forgotten, forsaken, given up, godforsaken, jilted, left, left in the cold, left in the lurch, neglected, on the rocks, outcast, passed up, pigeon-holed, rejected, relinquished, shunned, side-tracked, sidelined, unoccupied, vacant, vacated |
Antonyms: |
adopted, cherished, defended, maintained, supported |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be disloyal |
Synonyms: |
abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on |
Antonyms: |
be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support |
| Main Entry: | break with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | part ways |
Synonyms: |
ditch, drop, jilt, reject, renounce, separate |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, defect |
Synonyms: |
abscond, apostatize, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out, crawl out, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, flee, fly, forsake, give up, go, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, jilt, leave, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave stranded, light, maroon, opt out, play truant, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on, sneak off, split*, strand, take a hike, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, violate oath, walk |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
Synonyms: |
abort, adios, be alienated from, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, dust off, eighty-six, end, forfeit, forget about, forsake, give up, have done with, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, part from, part with, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wash out, waste one, wipe out, write off |
Antonyms: |
continue, do, mount, pursue, take up |
| Main Entry: | forsake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, turn one's back on |
Synonyms: |
abdicate, cast off, change one's tune, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye, leave, leave flat, leave high and dry, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on, set aside, show the door, spurn, surrender, take the oath, throw over, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
Antonyms: |
go back, rediscover, return, revert |
| Main Entry: | forsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
Synonyms: |
cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken, ignored, isolated, jilted, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lonely, lorn, marooned, outcast, solitary, thrown over |
Antonyms: |
cherished, helped, nurtured, wanted |
