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given up

ADJECTIVE

abandoned

Synonyms

STRONG

deserted discarded dissipated dropped dumped eliminated empty forgotten forsaken jilted left neglected rejected relinquished shunned sidelined vacated

WEAK

alone cast aside cast away eighty-sixed godforsaken left in the cold left in the lurch outcast passed up pigeon-holed side-tracked unoccupied vacant

Antonyms

WEAK

adopted chaste cherished defended innocent maintained moral pure restrained supported virtuous

ADJECTIVE

discontinued

Synonyms

STRONGEST

canceled

STRONG

discarded interrupted terminated

ADJECTIVE

lorn

Synonyms

WEAK

alone bereft cast aside cast away derelict deserted desolate discarded dissipated dropped dumped eighty-sixed eliminated empty forgotten forlorn forsaken godforsaken jilted left left in the cold left in the lurch neglected outcast passed up pigeon-holed rejected relinquished shunned side-tracked sidelined unoccupied vacant vacated

ADJECTIVE

sacrificed

Synonyms

STRONG

abandoned lost

Example Sentences

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He has given up on trying to get a visa.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Erik Paulsen hit a 339-foot home run over the left-field corner wall to double the Tar Heels’ lead, just the second home run given up by USC’s Sax Matson all season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

A sugar-obsessed child of the 1960s, fixated on Milky Ways, Pom Poms and Mallo Cups, I’ve mostly given up sweets—even my grandchildrens’ Halloween stashes don’t interest me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

"We were very happy to hear the news, we had given up hope," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“Once given up, it shall not come to you again. Will you exchange it for an evil cauldron you intend only to destroy?”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

given up

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