MAROONED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marooned mean? 

• MAROONED (adjective)
  The adjective MAROONED has 1 sense:

1. cut off or left behind

  Familiarity information: MAROONED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAROONED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut off or left behind

Synonyms:

isolated; marooned; stranded

Context example:

travelers marooned by the blizzard

Similar:

unaccompanied (being without an escort)

 Context examples 

All hands went over the side, and there I was, marooned on my own vessel.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Marooned three years agone, he continued, and lived on goats since then, and berries, and oysters.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

How difficult it was to realize that the violet line upon the far horizon was well advanced to that great river upon which huge steamers ran, and folk talked of the small affairs of life, while we, marooned among the creatures of a bygone age, could but gaze towards it and yearn for all that it meant!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And I began to run towards the anchorage, my terrors all forgotten, while close at my side the marooned man in his goatskins trotted easily and lightly.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Having conducted his audience in fancy to the summit, and marooned them there by reason of the fall of their bridge, the Professor proceeded to describe both the horrors and the attractions of that remarkable land.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Nay, mate,” said he; “marooned.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)