FORSAKEN


Meaning of FORSAKEN in English

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of forsaken

: left desolate or empty : deserted

the forsaken slopes where children once played on their way from school

often : miserable and forlorn as if deserted

the conviction that where one was born and lives is the best place in the world no matter how forsaken a hole it may appear to an outsider — E.L.Ullman

— see godforsaken

• for·sak·en·ly adverb

• for·sak·en·ness -kən(n)ə̇s noun -es

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