different between abandoned vs brutish

English

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Translations

Verb

abandoned

1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

References

English

Etymology

From brute +? -ish

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?u?t.??/
• Rhymes: -u?t??

Adjective

brutish (comparative more brutish, superlative most brutish)

1. Of, or in the manner of a brute
2. Bestial; lacking human sensibility

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:brutish.

Translations

Further reading

• brutish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brutish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brutish at OneLook Dictionary Search