Results for abandoned
Definitions of abandoned:
part of speech: adjective
Given up, as to a vice: very wicked.
part of speech: past participle / adjective
Wholly forsaken; given up; extremely profligate or corrupt.
part of speech: participial adjective
Usage examples for abandoned:
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The building was in good order, and had apparently been abandoned on the approach of the President's soldiers.
"The Coast of Adventure", Harold Bindloss -
There appeared to be in that abandoned wretch what, for the honour of human nature, is but rarely found, viz.
"Pelham, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009 -
This so annoyed the people of the house that, for peace sake, they abandoned their lodgings.
"Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam", John S. C. Abbott -
Do you think me such a baby that I do not know you have been with that abandoned woman?"
"Blind Policy", George Manville Fenn