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godforsaken

adj
/ˌɡɒd.fə(ɹ)ˈseɪ.kɪn/

Etymology

From god + forsaken.

  1. inherited from *frasakan✻ — “to forsake, renounce”
  2. inherited from forsacan — “to oppose; to give up, renounce; to decline, refuse”
  3. inherited from forsaken — “to abandon, desert, repudiate, withdraw allegiance from”
  4. suffixed as forsaken — “forsake + n”
  5. formed as godforsaken — “god + forsaken”

Definitions

  1. Abandoned by a deity or God.

  2. Desolate, boring and depressing.

    • I wanted nothing more than to get out of that godforsaken place without delay.

  3. Alternative form of godforsaken used in reference to God specifically.

The neighborhood

Derived

godforsakenly, godforsakenness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for godforsaken. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA