All deserted synonyms
de·sert·ed
D d adj deserted
- abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
- uninhabited — having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.
- forlorn — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- vacant — having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche.
- neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- isolated — compact
- lonely — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- forsaken — past participle of forsake.
- left — of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right).
- relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- bereft — If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it.
- cast off — If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- uncouth — awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
- lorn — forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.
adverb deserted
- shag — this dance step.
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- unassisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- helpless — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- unaided — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- solitarily — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- stag — an adult male deer.
- on one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- widowed — a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
- high and dry — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- unescorted — a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
adjective deserted
- unoccupied — without occupants; empty; vacant.
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- ditched — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.