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forsaken

adj.
C1 Advanced US //fɔɹˈseɪkən// UK //fɔːsˈeɪkən// for·sak·en

adj. left alone or forgotten by everyone. It describes a person or place that feels empty and sad because no one cares for it anymore.

adj. abandoned or deserted; left entirely alone and without support. Often used to describe a state of emotional or spiritual isolation.


SIMPLE

The old house looked lonely and forsaken.

CONTEXTUAL

After the factory closed, the town felt forsaken by the government and the rest of the country.

COMPLEX

The poet describes a forsaken landscape where the only sounds are the wind and the distant, rhythmic crashing of the waves against the cliffs.

Synonyms
Origin

Morphologically forsake + -n.

Usage

Often used predicatively after 'feel' or 'look', or attributively to describe desolate places.

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