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godforsaken

/ˌɡɒd.fə(ɹ)ˈseɪ.kɪn/

godforsaken adjective: abandoned by a deity or God.

Adjective (1)

godforsaken (not generally comparable, comparative more godforsaken, superlative most godforsaken)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Abandoned by a deity or God.
  2. (figuratively, not comparable, usually) Desolate, boring and depressing.
    • I wanted nothing more than to get out of that godforsaken place without delay.
    Synonyms:
    miserable, terrible

Adjective (2) capitalized: Godforsaken

Godforsaken (comparative more Godforsaken, superlative most Godforsaken)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of godforsaken used in reference to God specifically.
    • The concept of sexual bondage originates with a man known as Tim the Depraved, who lived in Blemsplut, a village in some foreign country back in the second century. (At one point I’d written down which foreign country but now I can’t find that piece of paper. It was some Godforsaken place nobody...2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 19

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Forms of godforsaken

comparativemore godforsaken
superlativemost godforsaken
alternative formgod-forsaken
alternative formgod forsaken
alternative formGodforsaken
alternative formGod-forsaken
comparativemore Godforsaken
superlativemost Godforsaken

Origin of godforsaken

From god + forsaken.

From God + forsaken.

Words formed from godforsaken

Questions about godforsaken

What does godforsaken mean?
Godforsaken means abandoned by a deity or God.
What part of speech is godforsaken?
Godforsaken is an adjective.
How do you pronounce godforsaken?
Godforsaken is pronounced /ˌɡɒd.fə(ɹ)ˈseɪ.kɪn/.

Words near godforsaken in the dictionary

  1. Godfearer
  2. Godfearers
  3. godfearing
  4. godform
  5. godforms
  6. godforsaken
  7. godforsakenly
  8. godforsakenness
  9. Godfrey
  10. Godfreys
  11. Godfreys Creek

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