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abandoned

abandoned

6.5
Having strong, free feelings and not caring about rules
  • adjective
  • /əˈbændənd/
translation icon : desenfrenado
  • She threw herself into the music with abandoned, losing herself in the rhythm and melody.

They'll throw themselves with reckless, abandoned into childlike activities.

Examples

  • They'll throw themselves with reckless, abandoned into childlike activities.

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  • If they're reckless, abandoned is their thing.

  • I don't feel so abandoned now, Oh my God.

  • But meanwhile, I mean come on, look at how these they they continue with wild abandoned the build and and grow and consolidate.

  • Yeah, I think it's a really beautiful place to arrive to also similarly strive and to live life with a sense of abandoned in, in that regard as well.

  • If I don't see my son for a day, I feel estranged, I feel abandoned, so I can imagine what it would be like for a few years.

  • So, you know, you've got an abandoned toddler that that'll, that'll fuck you up.

  • At the festival, the dancers moved with wild abandoned, celebrating life without any inhibitions.

  • Children often play with abandoned joy during the summer, expressing their happiness freely.

Antonyms

restrained
5.3

Calm and controlled, not strong or showy

controlled
3.4

Kept within limits by careful management

Compounds

abandoned building
19 3.3

A building that people no longer use or live in

abandoned ship
5 6.3

A ship left by its crew and owners, often drifting at sea

abandoned factory
3 3.8

A factory building that people no longer use and that stands empty

abandoned infant
1 5.1

A baby left without care whose parents are unknown

How Unrestrained

wild
2 2.8
unbridled
25 7.3
abandoned
6.5
uninhibited
15 6.9

Surface Forms

abandoned positive

Morphology

abandoned = abandon (semi-transparent) = abandon + ed

The adjective derives from the noun sense 'abandon' (lack of restraint), which is related to but not identical with the 'leave' sense, so the connection may not be obvious to learners familiar only with the verb.

Etymology

Abandoned in the sense of 'acting without restraint' comes from the same old parts a- and bandon, because bandon meant 'control' or 'power'. If you 'give up control' you act freely and without limits, so someone who is abandoned with joy is 'uninhibited'.