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Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance.
Donald Ray Pollock

Meaning of "godforsaken" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GODFORSAKEN

godforsaken  [ˈɡɒdfəˌseɪkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GODFORSAKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Godforsaken is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GODFORSAKEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Godforsaken

Godforsaken is a 2003 Dutch drama film. The film received a Golden Film and won three Golden Calves.

Definition of godforsaken in the English dictionary

The definition of godforsaken in the dictionary is desolate; dreary; forlorn. Other definition of godforsaken is wicked.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GODFORSAKEN


Aiken
ˈeɪkən
awaken
əˈweɪkən
bacon
ˈbeɪkən
betaken
bɪˈteɪkən
caretaken
ˈkɛəˌteɪkən
chawbacon
ˈtʃɔːˌbeɪkən
forsaken
fəˈseɪkən
Jamaican
dʒəˈmeɪkən
Macon
ˈmeɪkən
mistaken
mɪˈsteɪkən
overtaken
ˌəʊvəˈteɪkən
reawaken
ˌriːəˈweɪkən
rewaken
ˌriːˈweɪkən
shaken
ˈʃeɪkən
taken
ˈteɪkən
undertaken
ˌʌndəˈteɪkən
unforsaken
ˌʌnfəˈseɪkən
unshaken
ʌnˈʃeɪkən
untaken
ʌnˈteɪkən
waken
ˈweɪkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GODFORSAKEN

goddess
goddess-ship
goddesshood
Godefroy de Bouillon
Goderich
Godesberg
godet
godetia
godfather
godfather offer
Godhead
godhood
Godiva
godless
godlessly
godlessness
godlier
godliest
godlike
godlikeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GODFORSAKEN

broken
by the same token
chicken
drucken
drunken
Hoboken
Interlaken
ken
kraken
oaken
outspoken
partaken
retaken
spoken
starken
stocktaken
to be sadly mistaken
token
trocken
weaken

Synonyms and antonyms of godforsaken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GODFORSAKEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «godforsaken» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of godforsaken

Translation of «godforsaken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GODFORSAKEN

Find out the translation of godforsaken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of godforsaken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «godforsaken» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

荒凉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

olvidado de Dios
570 millions of speakers

English

godforsaken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुनसान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضائع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забытое Богом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

godforsaken
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ত্যাজ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paumé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Godforsaken
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gottverlassen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人里離れた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황량한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Godforsaken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khổ sở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடவுளால் கைவிடப்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

देवदेवता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kahrolası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

desolato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

godforsaken
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забуте Богом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uitat de Dumnezeu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

godforsaken
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

godverlate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gudsförgätna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gudsforlatte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of godforsaken

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GODFORSAKEN»

The term «godforsaken» is regularly used and occupies the 71.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GODFORSAKEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about godforsaken

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2 QUOTES WITH «GODFORSAKEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word godforsaken.
1
Rick Atkinson
Global war is a clash of systems, not just battalions biffing one another in some godforsaken forest.
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Donald Ray Pollock
Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GODFORSAKEN»

Discover the use of godforsaken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to godforsaken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Godforsaken: Bad Things Happen. Is there a God who cares? ...
Examines the issue of human suffering and explores why a good God allows it.
Dinesh D'Souza, 2012
2
Godforsaken Idaho: Stories
Nine stories illuminate what it means to be Mormon and how faith serves to humanize, in a work that includes a seriocomic portrait of a young Joseph Smith.
Shawn Vestal, 2013
3
Godforsaken
In Godforsaken, Sophia is the creator of the universe and everything in it.
Leo Anthony, 2010
4
Godforsaken
In the tradition of Robert E. Howard comes saga of brutal action, pagan gods and the dire place beyond the borders of the human soul.
Steven Shrewsbury, 2005
5
The Godforsaken Sea
This is a book about the sea, how we are drawn to it and how it repels us; about weather and how storms are born; about the architecture of boats and how to sail them; and about why these men and women risk everything to embark on such a ...
Derek Lundy, 2011
6
Searching for God in Godforsaken Times and Places: ...
Searching for God in Godforsaken Times and Places is a heart-cry by one person whose honest journey through life has earned him a special kind of spiritual peace, a person who has profound insights to offer others seeking to live ...
Hubert G. Locke, 2003
7
The Godforsaken
Cursed by the devil, Rolon, the heir to King Alonzo's throne, becomes a hound of hell who terrorizes the countryside of Inquisition Spain
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, 1983
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The Early Heidegger and Medieval Philosophy: Phenomenology ...
Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session
S. J. McGrath, 2006
9
Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail
Hard Road West brings their perspective vividly to life, weaving together the epic overland journey of the covered wagon trains and the compelling story of the landscape they encountered.
Keith Heyer Meldahl, 2012
10
The Godforsaken
The most violent Westerns in print.
George G. Gilman, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GODFORSAKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term godforsaken is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mariners sputter their way to the All Star break with a 10-3 loss to the …
And what you have here instead is the entire first fucking half of this godforsaken season encapsulated in a nutshell. Poor defense. A joke. «Lookout Landing, Jul 15»
2
Julie Klausner Happily Channels Restlessness Into a Podcast, a TV …
Then here I am, making a cabaret at Joe's Pub, probably because of that godforsaken woman.” The cabaret she was referring to is a brief ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Why do we not take better care of our injured soldiers?
If our government sees fit to fight in every godforsaken desert over access to oil, then it should be ready to take care of any and all soldiers ... «Delmarva Daily Times, Jul 15»
4
A word from the Editor: Motorway misery - Daily Express
Apart from airports, they are the most dreary and godforsaken places in Britain. When people are caught doing 120mph on these roads they ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Book review: The Readers Of Broken Wheel Recommend by …
For a while now, she has been corresponding and swapping books with Amy, a pensioner who lives in the godforsaken town of Broken Wheel, ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
6
England's Revolutionary coyness
It is only in godforsaken foreign climes inhabited by excitable foreigners where things like revolutions break out. I hope I'm not coming over too ... «Slugger O'Toole, Jul 15»
7
I Stepped on Another Freaking Lego
One little angel who actually built what was on the box and didn't throw them all over the Godforsaken house as soon as they opened the box. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Travel writer, Ecuador: "I felt sick. I wanted to vomit all over the police …
What was I doing in this godforsaken land where I was robbed blind within four hours of entering? As far as I was concerned the whole country ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Magnetic North
More specifically, we know that even in this godforsaken place, the family remains a real institution. We also learn that the author knows—and ... «The Weekly Standard, Jul 15»
10
Work for your money, Auntie
A 30 per cent drop in the number of sparrows is announced as a national tragedy while 20,000 guillemots clinging to some godforsaken rock in ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»

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