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How to pronounce abandoned in English?

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Synonyms derelict, deserted


weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse.
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an abandoned sadness born of grief.

Examples of abandoned

abandoned
Daisy knocked out Daniel, abandoned the newborn in a church, and fled to Canada.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He eventually abandoned work on a PhD in psychology to pursue a business career.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Ackerly's home is now among a swelling number of abandoned houses in Nevada.
From the usatoday.com
Qusayr Amra seems to have been abandoned not long after al-Walid's death in 744.
From the online.wsj.com
Their family members had abandoned them and they were left to rot by themselves.
From the kansas.com
Scores of abandoned villages can be found around the Chernobyl's exclusion zone.
From the cnn.com
Amazon abandoned the test after just five days and went back to uniform pricing.
From the businessweek.com
The mainstream church abandoned polygamy in 1890 as Utah moved toward statehood.
From the stltoday.com
The trees have abandoned the flat landscape so now it's hard to grasp distances.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
  • Free from constraint; "an abandoned sadness born of grief"- Liam O'Flaherty
  • (abandon) forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
  • (abandon) the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
  • (abandon) give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
  • (abandon) wildness: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"
  • Abandoned (1949) is an American crime film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman. The drama features Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, and others.
  • Abandoned (Hungarian: Torzu00F3k) is a 2001 Hungarian film directed by Arpu00E1d Sopsits. It was Hungary's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
  • Abandoned is a thriller-drama film directed by Michael Feifer and starring Brittany Murphy, Dean Cain, and Mimi Rogers.