Abandoned vs Helpless - What's the difference?
abandoned | helpless | Related terms |
Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain.
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents
* (rfdate), Thomson:
Free from constraint; uninhibited.
* 1919 , :
(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
(abandon)
Unable to defend oneself or to act without help.
* 1995 , (Bryan Adams),
Uncontrollable.
Abandoned is a related term of helpless.
As adjectives the difference between abandoned and helpless
is that abandoned is self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain while helpless is unable to defend oneself or to act without help.As a verb abandoned
is (abandon).abandoned
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Everything was dirty and shabby. There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.
Derived terms
* abandonednessSynonyms
* deserted * forsaken * corrupt * depraved * dissolute * graceless * reprobate * unprincipled * vicious * vile * wickedVerb
(head)References
helpless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
- You know you really love a woman