'Discarded' definitions:
Definition of 'discarded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture" [syn: cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)]
Definition of 'Discarded'
From: GCIDE
- Discard \Dis*card"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]
- 1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards). [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. [1913 Webster]
- They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put or thrust away; to reject. [1913 Webster]
- A man discards the follies of boyhood. --I. Taylor.
- Syn: To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discarded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- belied,
- cast-off,
- castaway,
- confounded,
- confuted,
- contemned,
- declined,
- declined with thanks,
- deflated,
- denied,
- derelict,
- deserted,
- despised,
- disapproved,
- discounted,
- discredited,
- disdained,
- dismissed,
- disowned,
- disproved,
- disputed,
- disused,
- excepted,
- excluded,
- exploded,
- exposed,
- forsaken,
- forsworn,
- ignored,
- impugned,
- invalidated,
- jettisoned,
- left,
- marooned,
- negated,
- negatived,
- not considered,
- overthrown,
- overturned,
- punctured,
- rebuffed,
- refused,
- refuted,
- rejected,
- renounced,
- repudiated,
- repulsed,
- scouted,
- shown up,
- spurned,
- upset