abandon

Examples

• All

• Cobb was running and sliding with abandon and disregard, a fabulous athlete.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The minute there's not a teacher in the room, the entire school erupts into a shameless display of adolescent abandon.

  Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

• And whoever you wanna be after this class, be them with passion and abandon.

  Hit Man (2024)

• Other women opt out of the food game altogether by eating with abandon and getting fat.

  Academic text (1992)

• Shaking, she kissed him back with abandon, eyes closed, arms locked around his neck.

  Fiction book (1995)

• People are dancing with wild abandon, and many carry torches.

  Fiction book (1997)

• "Georgia," he sang with a kind of deep abandon in his scratchy voice.

  Fiction book (1992)

• However, when alone, females sang with abandon and experimented with a variety of musical genres.

  Academic text (2015)

• His face flashes a smile, his head thrown back with carefree abandon, with his white teeth bared.

  Academic text (2015)

• She danced with such abandon that everyone around her couldn't help but join in.

Synonyms

W

wildness

vsabandon

2 4.4

A very strong, uncontrolled feeling such as excitement or grief

involves carefree impulsive acts rather than mainly strong emotion

W

wantonness

vsabandon

1 9.9

Careless actions that ignore rules and possible bad results

is more carefree and impulsive rather than morally reckless

U

unconstraint

vsabandon

8.4

A feeling of being free from worry and able to act naturally

focuses on carefree or impulsive behavior rather than a neutral state

Antonyms

C

control

∞ 2.8

Ability to direct your body or its parts so they move as you want

R

restraint

122 4.8

The ability to control your feelings and actions

How Unrestrained

abandon

22 7.5

wildness

6 3.9

recklessness

18 5.2

spontaneity

31 6.2

carefreeness

6.8

restraint

122 4.8

Surface Forms

Etymology