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- Dictionaryfor·sak·en/fərˈsākən/
adjective
- 1. abandoned or deserted: "a journey into forgotten and forsaken places"
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The meaning of FORSAKE is to renounce or turn away from entirely. How to use forsake in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Forsake.
Synonyms for FORSAKEN: deserted, abandoned, disused, desolate, derelict, vacant, rejected, forgotten; Antonyms of FORSAKEN: saved, redeemed, reclaimed, recovered, restored, salvaged, retrieved, rescued
This is assuming the worst and that the religion is forsaken, where violations of individual rights are no longer considered violations or troubling. He was utterly convinced that this was because they had forsaken the traditions of protection offered by local saints and their shrines.
FORSAKE definition: 1. to leave someone for ever, especially when they need you: 2. to stop doing or having something…. Learn more.
2 meanings: 1. → the past participle of forsake 2. completely deserted or helpless; abandoned.... Click for more definitions.
Define forsaken. forsaken synonyms, forsaken pronunciation, forsaken translation, English dictionary definition of forsaken. tr.v. for·sook , for·sak·en , for·sak·ing , for·sakes 1. To give up ; renounce: forsook liquor.
Forsake may mean simply giving something up, such as a way of life or a homeland, for something better or more appropriate. But it is often a mean word, suggesting leaving something or someone behind when they need you to stay.
Forsaken once more takes those things at face value. For the first time, the 68-year-old artist has forsaken abstraction for realism. In this context, the plight of these forsaken elderly seems almost an afterthought. His brand of bouncy, gleeful music hasn't been forsaken. But, however it comes, in that dark night, we feel truly forsaken.
If you forsake someone, you leave them when you should have stayed, or you stop helping them or looking after them. I still love him and I would never forsake him. [VERB noun] ...children who've been forsaken by individual teachers. [VERB noun] I don't want him to feel forsaken and unhappy. [VERB-ed]
Definition of forsake verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
