flung
Sent through air
Flung is the past tense and past participle of fling.
To fling is to throw forcefully or carelessly: She flung open the door.
The word suggests sudden, often emotional action—you fling yourself onto a bed, fling accusations at someone, or fling caution to the wind.
Carelessly ignoring danger
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- headlongHastily and recklessly
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
spontaneous · unrestrained · wild · abandon · devil-may-care · uninhibited · passionate · heedless
Completely abandoned or discarded
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
cast off · left behind · rejected · spurned · discarded · ditched · dumped · relinquished
Spread irregularly about
- dispersedSpread widely apart
- spreadTo distribute widely
- splatteredScattered in drops
- sprayedEmitted in fine drops
showered · broadcast · distributed · disseminated · spilled · sprinkled · diffused · thrown about
tossed
Threw lightly
heaved · chucked · cast · slung · catapulted · launched · bowled · flipped · skied · pelted
reckless
Carelessly ignoring danger
rash · spontaneous · unrestrained · wild · abandon · devil-may-care · uninhibited · passionate · heedless · precipitous
forsaken
Completely abandoned or discarded
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- strandedLeft without means to leave
marooned · cast off · left behind · rejected · spurned · discarded · ditched · dumped · relinquished · renounced
strewn
Spread irregularly about
- dispersedSpread widely apart
- spreadTo distribute widely
- splatteredScattered in drops
sprayed · showered · broadcast · distributed · disseminated · spilled · sprinkled · diffused · thrown about · tossed around
- past participlesbeen, done, gone, seen, taken
- discardeddiscarded, threw away, tossed, trashed, dumped
- old past tensesspake, begat, drave, clave, gat
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
- sent outmailed, delivered, dispatched, transmitted, broadcast
- furthest flungAt greatest distance away
- farthest flungAt greatest distance
- farther flungAt greater distances away