Abandoned vs Semiabandoned - What's the difference?
abandoned | semiabandoned |
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No longer maintained by its former owners, residents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)
Not completely abandoned, but neglected or rarely visited.
* 1981 , George Everard Kidder Smith, The Architecture of the United States: The Plains States and Far West
As adjectives the difference between abandoned and semiabandoned
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 semiabandoned is not completely abandoned, but neglected or rarely visited.As a verb abandoned
is past tense of 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
semiabandoned
English
Adjective
(-)- Many dwellings have been semiabandoned as inhabitants have moved to farms on the plain to return mainly for summer or for festivals.