Definitions for deserted

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deserted de·sert·ed

Spelling: [dih-zur-tid]

IPA: /dɪˈzɜr tɪd/

Deserted is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in deserted (ddeeerst).

Definitions for deserted

adjective

1. abandoned; forsaken:
2. untenanted: without inhabitants:
3. unfrequented; lonely:

verb (used with object)

1. to leave (a person, place, etc.) without intending to return, especially in violation of a duty, promise, or the like: Synonyms: abandon, leave, quit; forsake.
2. (of military personnel) to leave or run away from (service, duty, etc.) with the intention of never returning:
3. to fail (someone) at a time of need:

verb (used without object)

1. to forsake or leave one's duty, obligations, etc. (sometimes followed by from, to, etc.): Synonyms: abdicate, resign.
2. (of military personnel) to leave service, duty, etc., with no intention of returning: Synonyms: go AWOL.

Origin of deserted

First recorded in 1620-30; desert² + -ed²

Examples for deserted

One theory holds that Gedi was deserted to avoid the advancing nomadic Galla tribe coming from Somalia.

Nor will he pass "the hollow-sounding bittern" of the deserted Village.

An absentee father is loitering about with his son and namesake, Mason Jr., at a deserted concert hall.

The roads are empty, the fields are deserted, the houses of entertainment are closed.

Rural churches were deserted, and the connection between the land and the bounty of harvests was gone.

Outside the village street was deserted; there was no one to listen.

Not surprisingly, many middle and working class voters, particularly whites, have deserted the Democrats in increasing numbers.

He fell in with 3000 of the enemy; and, as soon as he came near enough, deserted to them.

They say he had angry words with his wife--your Daisy--before he deserted her.

The owner rescued pieces from deserted monasteries to decorate the hotel.