derelict English

Meaning derelict meaning

What does derelict mean?

derelict

— noun a person without a home, job, or property

— adjective (= delinquent, neglectful, remiss) failing in what duty requires derelict (or delinquent) in his duty neglectful of his duties remiss of you not to pay your bills

— adjective (= abandoned) forsaken by owner or inhabitants weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse

— noun (= abandoned ship) a ship abandoned on the high seas

— adjective (= creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone) worn and broken down by hard use a creaky shack a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape a flea-bitten sofa a run-down neighborhood a woebegone old shack

— adjective (= bedraggled, broken-down, ramshackle, tumble-down) in deplorable condition a street of bedraggled tenements a broken-down fence a ramshackle old pier a tumble-down shack

Synonyms derelict synonyms

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derelict English » English

deserted

abandoned

desolate

tumble-down

ramshackle

neglected

forsaken

flea-bitten

dilapidated

delinquent

decrepit

woebegone

vagrant

tramp

tatterdemalion

run-down

remiss

reject

ownerless

outcast

neglectful

neglect

creaky

broken-down

bedraggled

abandoned ship

wreck

wild

waste

vagabond

unowned

unfaithful

tottery

sloppy

shipwreck

shameless

rude

relinquished

reliable

pariah

lorn

lonesome

leper

hulk

homeless

groggy

forlorn

floppy

dutiful

doleful

Topics derelict topics

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Social behavior Behavior Love

Abandon

• What words refer to something that has been abandoned?
  derelict
• What words describe something that has been abandoned?
  abandoned forsaken derelict uncared-for

Work and occupation Working with buildings Building materials

Building equipment and maintenance

• What words describe a building that is not in good condition?
  disrepair derelict