adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
No longer planned or scheduled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Socially censured in a way expected to be durable rather than transient. Or, otherwise a permanent and irrevocable state of social isolation, esp. from interactive media.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
On the question of rehabilitation for cancelled celebrities, the nature of the offence is relevant: a bad day is different from a life of abusive crime.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of cancel
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
(of events) no longer planned or scheduled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the wedding is definitely off
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: off
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُلْغًى
(mulḡan)
— No longer planned or scheduled
Danish:
aflyst
— No longer planned or scheduled
Dutch:
geannuleerd
— No longer planned or scheduled
Esperanto:
nuligita
— No longer planned or scheduled
Finnish:
peruttu
— No longer planned or scheduled
French:
annulé
— No longer planned or scheduled
West-Frisian:
annulearre
— No longer planned or scheduled
Galician:
cancelado
— No longer planned or scheduled
German:
abgebrochen
— No longer planned or scheduled
German:
abgesagt
— No longer planned or scheduled
German:
abbestellt
— No longer planned or scheduled
Hebrew:
מבוטל
(mevut'al)
— No longer planned or scheduled
Hindi:
निरस्त
(nirast)
— No longer planned or scheduled
Hindi:
मुल्ग़ा
(mulġā)
— No longer planned or scheduled
Norwegian Bokmål:
avlyst
— No longer planned or scheduled
Portuguese:
cancelado
— No longer planned or scheduled
Romanian:
anulat
— No longer planned or scheduled
Sanskrit:
निरस्त
(nirasta)
— No longer planned or scheduled
Spanish:
cancelado
— No longer planned or scheduled
Spanish:
anulado
— No longer planned or scheduled
Swedish:
inställd
— No longer planned or scheduled
Urdu:
نِرَسْت
(nirast)
— No longer planned or scheduled
Urdu:
مُلْغَیٰ
(mulġā)
— No longer planned or scheduled
