deserted

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deserted

  • /dɪˈzɜː(ɹ)tɪd/ UK
  • /dəˈzɜɹtəd/ US
  • [dəˈzɝɾəd] US

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of desert

adjective more deserted · most deserted

  1. of a place Abandoned, without people. Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.

    Similar: derelict, forsaken, abandoned, desert, deserted, desolate, discarded, dropped, forlorn, high and dry, left behind, orphaned

  2. desolate

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Closest in meaning: forsaken, abandoned, inaccessible, unaccessible, desolate, derelict, empty, neglected, discontinued, alone, abandon, uninhabited, dropped, forsworn, escaped, left

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adj abandoned

Españoldesierto
Portuguêsdeserto, abandonado, às moscas
Deutschverlassen
Românăabandonat
Русскийпоки́нутый pokínutyj, осироте́лый osirotélyj, несча́стный nesčástnyj, оста́вленный ostávlennyj
Tiếng Việtvắng, vắng vẻ, vắng lặng, vắng ngắt, vắng tanh, vắng teo
العربيةمَهْجُور mahjūr

adj desolate

Deutschverwüstet
Românădeșert
Русскийзабро́шенный zabróšennyj, захолу́стный zaxolústnyj, безлю́дный bezljúdnyj, пусты́нный pustýnnyj

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@misc{deserted_2026,
  title = {deserted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deserted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}