Thesaurus / derelict
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synonyms for derelict
- desolate
- dilapidated
- dingy
- neglected
- ruined
- run down
- seedy
- shabby
- solitary
- abandoned
- cast-off
- discarded
- faded
- lorn
- ownerless
- relinquished
- threadbare
- uncouth
- beggar
- vagrant
- bum
- castaway
- dawdler
- drifter
- floater
- grifter
- hobo
- ne'er-do-well
- outcast
- renegade
- stiff
- tramp
- vagabond
- skidrow bum
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A fair ship on a fair sea soon parts company with a derelict—unless it tows it.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDYet he had gone twice in the fortnight at her call to help her through stormy nights with the derelict.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONErdil is a tiny derelict Christian village situated in the Oramar valley a little above its confluence with the Zab.
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAMA dead ship, a derelict, come to them by merest chance from some unthinkably remote star.
DERELICTALAN EDWARD NOURSEEyes turned curiously on the shambling derelict, but the only expression on Newt's face was one of surly defiance to the world.
THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCKWhen they went on deck again Corregidor Island was astern, rising out of the channel like a derelict battleship.
ISLE O' DREAMSFREDERICK F. MOOREWhen I found the police in charge of the motor-car I had left I thought they were merely guarding it as a derelict.
THE GRELL MYSTERYFRANK FROESTYou are too young, and too gifted, to remain here in this sluggish backwater, alongside a derelict like me.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADYLUCAS MALETYet men are as often derelict in furnishing provision for their families as women are lax in its administration.
A NEW ATMOSPHEREGAIL HAMILTONThere is much romance on that old way, which is one of several derelict branching roads just here.
THE GREAT NORTH ROAD: LONDON TO YORKCHARLES G. HARPERWORDS RELATED TO DERELICT
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