Standard Lemma guide

deserted

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈzɜː(ɹ)tɪd/
  • US: /dəˈzɜɹtəd/
  • US: [dəˈzɝɾəd]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 Z ER1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Abandoned, without people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: derelict, forsaken, abandoned, desert, deserted, desolate, discarded, dropped, forlorn, high and dry, left behind, orphaned, beingless, disinhabited, inhabitantless, inhabited, lifeless, peopleless, solitary, tenantless, unhabited, uninhabited, unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, untenanted, vacant, wasteful

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

desolate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of desert

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abandoned, derelict

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَهْجُور (mahjūr) — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: tərk edilmiş — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: atılmış — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: tək-tənha qalmış — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: yalqız — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: kimsəsiz — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: adamsız — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: qərib — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: bikəs — abandoned
  • Dutch: verlaten — abandoned
  • Esperanto: dezerta — abandoned
  • Esperanto: senhoma — abandoned
  • Finnish: hylätty — abandoned
  • Galician: deserto — abandoned
  • Georgian: მიტოვებული (miṭovebuli) — abandoned
  • German: verlassen — abandoned
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (auþeis) — abandoned
  • Irish: tréigthe — abandoned
  • Latin: dēsertus — abandoned
  • Latin: dērelictus — abandoned
  • Māori: mangamutu — abandoned
  • Māori: toreke — abandoned
  • Polish: bezludny — abandoned
  • Portuguese: deserto — abandoned
  • Portuguese: abandonado — abandoned
  • Portuguese: às moscas — abandoned
  • Romanian: abandonat — abandoned
  • Russian: поки́нутый (pokínutyj) — abandoned
  • Russian: осироте́лый (osirotélyj) — abandoned
  • Russian: несча́стный (nesčástnyj) — abandoned
  • Russian: оста́вленный (ostávlennyj) — abandoned
  • Spanish: desierto — abandoned
  • Ottoman Turkish: ویران (viran) — abandoned
  • Ukrainian: спустілий (spustilyj) — abandoned
  • Ukrainian: опустілий (opustilyj) — abandoned
  • Ukrainian: безлюдний (bezljudnyj) — abandoned
  • Vietnamese: vắng — abandoned
  • Vietnamese: vắng vẻ — abandoned
  • Vietnamese: vắng lặng — abandoned
  • Vietnamese: vắng ngắt — abandoned
  • Vietnamese: vắng tanh — abandoned
  • Vietnamese: vắng teo — abandoned
  • Azerbaijani: yalqız — desolate
  • Azerbaijani: tənha — desolate
  • Azerbaijani: kimsəsiz — desolate
  • Dutch: ontredderd — desolate
  • Dutch: desolaat — desolate
  • Dutch: troosteloos — desolate
  • Finnish: autio — desolate
  • Finnish: asumaton — desolate
  • German: verwüstet — desolate
  • Māori: rohai — desolate
  • Romanian: deșert — desolate
  • Russian: забро́шенный (zabróšennyj) — desolate
  • Russian: захолу́стный (zaxolústnyj) — desolate
  • Russian: безлю́дный (bezljúdnyj) — desolate
  • Russian: пусты́нный (pustýnnyj) — desolate
  • Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach — desolate
  • Scottish Gaelic: uaigneach — desolate
  • Lower Sorbian: pusty — desolate
  • Ottoman Turkish: ویران (viran) — desolate
Real reading context

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