Dictionary Definition
deserted adj
1 left desolate or empty; "an abandoned child";
"their deserted wives and children"; "an abandoned shack";
"deserted villages" [syn: abandoned]
2 remote from civilization; "the victim was lured
to a deserted spot"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Verb
deserted- past of desert
Translations
abandoned
- Finnish: hylätty
desolate
Extensive Definition
Deserted may refer to:
- Desertion, the act of abandoning or withdrawing support from an entity to which one has given
- "Deserted", a song by Blind Melon from their 1992 album ''Blind Melon'
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, apostasy, archaic, available, bar, bare, castaway, defenseless, demand, derelict, desertion, deserve, desolate, discarded, discontinued, disregarded, disused, done with, empty, falseness, fatherless, forlorn, forsaken, free, friendless, gain, get, godforsaken, half-done, have
it coming, helpless,
homeless, ignored, isolated, jettisoned, kithless, laid aside, left, left undone, lonely, marooned, merit, missed, motherless, neglected, not worth saving,
obsolescent,
obsolete, old, old-fashioned, omitted, on the shelf, open, out, out of use, out-of-date,
outcast, outdated, outmoded, outworn, overlooked, passed by, passed
over, passed up, past use, pensioned off, perfidiousness, perfidy, pigeonholed, put aside,
rate, recreancy, rejected, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, solitary, stranded, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, tenantless, tergiversation, treacherousness,
treachery, unasked, unattended to,
uncared-for, unchaperoned, unconsidered, uncouth, undone, unfilled, unfrequented, unfriended, uninhabited, unmanned, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unregarded, unsolicited, unstaffed, untaken, untenanted, untended, unvisited, unwatched, vacant, vacated, win, worn-out