| 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: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free from moral restraint; uninhibited |
Synonyms: |
corrupt, depraved, dissolute, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, licentious, profligate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, wanton, wicked, wild |
Antonyms: |
chaste, innocent, moral, pure, restrained, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | alone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separate; apart |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, batching it, by itself/oneself, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, hermit, in solitary, individual, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, me and my shadow, me myself and I, on one's own, onliest, only, shag, single, sole, solitary, solo, stag, traveling light, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattached, unattended, unescorted, unmarried, widowed |
Antonyms: |
together |
| Main Entry: | beached |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grounded |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, aground, ashore, deserted, high and dry, marooned, stranded, wrecked |
Antonyms: |
at sea |
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forgotten, ignored (promise) |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, dishonored, disobeyed, disregarded, ignored, infringed, isolated, retracted, traduced, transgressed, violated |
Antonyms: |
kept |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debased, vicious |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, abased, baneful, boorish, degenerate, degraded, deleterious, depraved, dishonored, dissolute, evil, flagitious, infamous, loose, low, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, perverse, profligate, rotten, villainous |
Antonyms: |
clean, decent, helpful, high, kind, noble, sound, wholesome |
| Main Entry: | debauched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violated, corrupted |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, corrupt, debased, defiled, degenerate, degraded, depraved, deteriorated, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, in the gutter, licentious, perverted, profligate, reprobate, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, wicked |
Antonyms: |
clean, cleansed, improved, pure, purified, uncorrupt, unpolluted, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | depraved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, immoral |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dirty-minded, dissolute, evil, fast*, filthy*, flagitous, gone to the dogs, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, profligate, putrid, rotten, shameless, sinful, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, warped, wicked |
Antonyms: |
good, honorable, just, moral, noble, pure, uncorrupt, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | derelict |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deserted, forsaken |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, castoff, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, discarded, faded, lorn, neglected, ownerless, relinquished, ruined, run-down, seedy, shabby, solitary, threadbare, uncouth |
Antonyms: |
improved, populated |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unused, barren |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert, destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, lorn, ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
Antonyms: |
cultivated, populated, used |