forsaken [fawr-sey-kuh n] Examples verb
- past participle of forsake.
adjective
- deserted; abandoned; forlorn: an old, forsaken farmhouse.
Related formsfor·sak·en·ly, adverbfor·sak·en·ness, nounself-for·sak·en, adjectiveun·for·sak·en, adjective Examples from the Web for forsakenness Historical Examples of forsakenness
At the beginning we have an imitation of the Ossianic mood of forsakenness and wildness.
Rudolf Tombo
I was struck with the exceeding loneliness and forsakenness of this spot.
Samuel Irenus Prime
The sound of its feeble cry brought a forsakenness about the mother’s heart nothing could remove.
The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant
Alexander Johnstone Wilson
This sense of forsakenness seems to have had some mysterious connection with the pains of death.
Expositor’s Bible: The Gospel of Matthew
John Monro Gibson
We drive in—into all this silence, this—this ‘forsakenness,’ this dream of a world between her lights of day and night time.
The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920
Various
British Dictionary definitions for forsakenness forsaken verb
- the past participle of forsake
adjective
- completely deserted or helpless; abandoned
Derived Formsforsakenly, adverbforsakenness, noun Word Origin and History for forsakenness forsaken adj.
mid-13c., past participle adjective from forsake. Related: Forsakenly.