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Antonyms for deserted

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-zur-tid
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzɜr tɪd


Definition of deserted

Origin :
  • "to leave one's duty," late 14c., from Old French deserter (12c.) "leave," literally "undo or sever connection," from Late Latin desertare, frequentative of Latin deserere "to abandon, to leave, forsake, give up, leave in the lurch," from de- "undo" (see de-) + serere "join together, put in a row" (see series). Military sense is first recorded 1640s. Related: Deserted; deserting.
  • adj abandoned, unoccupied
Example sentences :
  • The roads are empty, the fields are deserted, the houses of entertainment are closed.
  • Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
  • Nor will he pass "the hollow-sounding bittern" of the Deserted Village.
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Outside the village street was deserted; there was no one to listen.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • They say he had angry words with his wife--your Daisy--before he deserted her.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • He fell in with 3000 of the enemy; and, as soon as he came near enough, deserted to them.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • The self-command which Philip had obtained for a while deserted him when he was without the house.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Think of the philosophers who deserted the College of Heliopolis for Alexandria!
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • On reaching it he found it deserted, and was obliged to continue his journey.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • He took it as an omen that the wilderness was deserted, and his confidence was strong.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • And what would you think of me if I deserted you then, af-after all y-you've done?
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

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