left in the cold

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abandoned adj.
lorn adj.

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 given up godforsaken 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

lorn

Synonyms

WEAK

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

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left in the cold

It's like you have to always know your value because if you base it on external validation, you will be left in the cold.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024

It is not just former members of Afghan special forces who say they have been left in the cold, but also Afghan civilians who helped the UK.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023

Anxious about being left in the cold last winter, come springtime, they have turned their worries to their pocket books and personal choices.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2023

Many of the charities and organizations that had taken money from him were left in the cold after his company collapsed and his fortune evaporated.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2022

This good, artful girl felt sure such a declaration, made a few months hence in Barfordshire, would be accepted, and herself left in the cold.

From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles

left in the cold

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