godforsaken

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/ˌɡɒd.fə(ɹ)ˈseɪ.kɪn/

adjective

Abandoned by a deity or God.

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

UncommonScrabble 20

Meanings

godforsaken1

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

comparative more godforsaken · superlative most godforsaken · alternative god-forsaken · alternative god forsaken · alternative Godforsaken · alternative God-forsaken

  1. not comparableusuallyAbandoned by a deity or God.

    Synonyms: damned, hellbound, reprobate

  2. figurativelynot comparableusuallyDesolate, boring and depressing.

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

    Synonyms: miserable, terrible

Godforsaken2

adjectiveGodforsaken (comparative more Godforsaken, superlative most Godforsaken)

comparative more Godforsaken · superlative most Godforsaken

  1. alternativeAlternative form of godforsaken used in reference to God specifically.
    1 more example

    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 cares about so let’s not worry about it.)

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAbandoned by a deity or God.

adjectiveDesolate, boring and depressing.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelocated in a dismal or remote area; desolate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

godforsaken · adjective

From god + forsaken.

Full word history & related roots →

Godforsaken · adjective

From God + forsaken.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Danish gudsforladt
  • gudsforladtdesolate, boring and depressing
Dutch godverlaten, godvergeten
  • godverlatendesolate, boring and depressing
  • godvergetendesolate, boring and depressing
Finnish jumalan hylkäämä, jumalanhylkäämä
  • jumalan hylkäämädesolate, boring and depressing
  • jumalanhylkäämädesolate, boring and depressing
French paumé, abandonné
  • paumédesolate, boring and depressing
  • abandonnédesolate, boring and depressing
German gottverlassen
  • gottverlassendesolate, boring and depressing
Italian dimenticato da dio
  • dimenticato da diodesolate, boring and depressing
Spanish maldito, damnado
  • malditodesolate, boring and depressing
  • damnadodesolate, boring and depressing
  • réprobodesolate, boring and depressing
Swedish gudsförgäten
  • gudsförgätendesolate, boring and depressing
Ukrainian бо́гом забу́тий, забу́тий бо́гом і людьми́
  • бо́гом забу́тий (bóhom zabútyj)desolate, boring and depressing
  • забу́тий бо́гом і людьми́ (zabútyj bóhom i ljudʹmý)desolate, boring and depressing
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APA

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“godforsaken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/godforsaken. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “godforsaken,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/godforsaken.

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