Nearby Words
high dry
| Main Entry: |
high and dry
|
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned and helpless |
| Synonyms: | aground, deserted, foundered, marooned, shipwrecked, stranded, stuck |
| Antonyms: | well provided for |
| Main Entry: | beached |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grounded |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, aground, ashore, deserted, high and dry, marooned, stranded, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | at sea |
| Main Entry: | stranded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | marooned, abandoned |
| Synonyms: | aground, ashore, beached, cast away, godforsaken, grounded, helpless, high and dry, homeless, left at the altar, left in the lurch, on the rocks, out in left field, passed up, penniless, run aground, shipwrecked, sidelined, sidetracked, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | found |
| Main Entry: | stuck |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stranded |
| Synonyms: | grounded, high and dry, lost |
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