Deserted - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪˈzɜːrtɪd|  American pronunciation of the word deserted
Brit.  |dɪˈzɜːtɪd|  British pronunciation of the word deserted
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto desert
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto desert

adjective

- forsaken by owner or inhabitants (syn: abandoned, derelict)

Extra examples

The streets were deserted.

The old mine now stands completely deserted.

The inhabitants had deserted the town.

She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her.

He was deserted by his friends and family.

Left alone for a moment, he feels mournful, bereft—and then panicky, when he thinks he has been deserted again.

...denounced as curs those police officers who deserted their posts during the hurricane and its aftermath...

...faithless friends who deserted him in his time of need...

Optimism never deserted him.

He deserted from his regiment.

He deserted in the midst of the battle.

We read it in an empty subway car racketing under the deserted streets.

Thank you for sticking with me when all the others deserted me.

Helen was deserted by her husband.

Many of the party's traditional voters deserted it at the last election.

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