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- Dictionarymaroon/məˈruːn/
adjective
- 1. of a brownish-red colour: "ornate maroon and gold wallpaper"
noun
- 1. a brownish-red colour: "the hat is available in either white or maroon"
- 2. a firework that makes a loud bang, used as a signal or warning. British
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Marooned means left in a place from which you cannot escape. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see synonyms and related words, and listen to the pronunciation.
Marooned means left in a place from which you cannot escape. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see related words and phrases, and hear the pronunciation.
Learn the origin, usage and synonyms of the word maroon, which can mean a dark red, a person left on a desert island, or a descendant of escaped slaves. See examples of maroon as a noun and a verb in sentences.
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Learn the meaning and usage of the word marooned, which can be an adjective or a verb. Find out how it relates to being stranded on a desert island or coast, and see some example sentences and word history.
Learn the meaning and usage of the word marooned, which means feeling alone and helpless and unable to escape. Find synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, sentences, and translations of marooned in Collins Dictionary.
marooned. Someone who's marooned is stranded. When a sailor's boat is washed up on the shore of a deserted island after a big storm, both the sailor and the boat are marooned. If a teenager is abandoned at the mall by her friends, you could describe her as marooned.