different between unholy vs abandoned

English

Etymology

From Middle English unholi, unhali?, from Old English unh?li?, from Proto-Germanic *unhailagaz, equivalent to un- +? holy. Cognate with Scots unhaly, Dutch onheilig, German Low German unhillig, German unheilig, Danish uhellig, Swedish ohelig.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??li

Adjective

unholy (comparative unholier or more unholy, superlative unholiest or most unholy)

1. Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.

   The priest's unholy behaviour brought the church into disrepute.
2. Dreadful, terrible, or otherwise atrocious.

   What an unholy mess your room is in!

Antonyms

• holy

Translations

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 No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.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

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