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verbpast participle of forsake. adjectivedeserted; abandoned; forlorn: an old, forsaken farmhouse. OTHER WORDS FROM forsakenfor·sak·en·ly, adverbfor·sak·en·ness, nounself-for·sak·en, adjectiveun·for·sak·en, adjectiveWords nearby forsakenForrestal, Forrest City, Forrester, Forrestier's disease, forsake, forsaken, Forseti, for shame, for short, for show, forsook Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for forsakenWith 4,000 deaths in West Africa, the number of forsaken children is exploding. Liberia’s Ebola Orphans|Abby Haglage|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Global Cures calls these forsaken therapies “financial orphans.” How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her departure from music left her fans bereft: "Why has she forsaken us?" The Rocker Who Wouldn’t Quit|Howard Wolfson|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Ron Paul shares her fears that the dollar will be forsaken in favor of some cursed one-world currency. Did Sexism Do Michele Bachmann In?|Michelle Goldberg|January 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Only one belonging to a forsaken people or a forgotten cause can know the value of her flag pinned to his highly-visible lapel. Christopher Hitchens Eulogized by Roya Hakakian|Roya Hakakian|December 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST Forsaken and half frozen, the child wandered up and down, not knowing where to find shelter. Catharine's Peril, or The Little Russian Girl Lost in a Forest|M. E. Bewsher The Forsaken Merman is a beautiful poem, but not a safe guide to those who would relate the ways of the spirits of the sea. Lore of Proserpine|Maurice Hewlett The Republicans not only had forsaken the women but were waging open war upon them. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2)|Ida Husted Harper Jenkyn says 'He suffered as one disowned and reprobated and forsaken of God.' Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries|Annie Besant He was a fisher, and by that craft provided for himself, and yet he spake with great boldness, "We have forsaken all things." The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church|lfric
British Dictionary definitions for forsaken
verbthe past participle of forsake adjectivecompletely deserted or helpless; abandoned Derived forms of forsakenforsakenly, adverbforsakenness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to forsakendesolate, isolated, deserted, jilted, ignored, marooned, disowned, cast off, derelict, destitute, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken, lonely, outcast, solitary, lorn |