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godforsaken.

Adjective
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MEANING

Extremely desolate, neglected, or unpleasant, as if abandoned by all care.

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  • godforsaken place
  • godforsaken village
  • godforsaken road

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He cursed the godforsaken road.
The village looked godforsaken in the rain.
She wondered why anyone had chosen this godforsaken place.

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godforsaken

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Primary category: setting. Forms: More godforsaken; most godforsaken. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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