forsaken
adjective
[ fəˈseɪkən ]
• abandoned or deserted.
• "a journey into forgotten and forsaken places"
forsake
verb
• abandon or leave.
• "he would never forsake Tara"
Similar:
abandon,
desert,
leave,
quit,
depart from,
leave behind,
leave high and dry,
turn one's back on,
cast aside,
give up,
reject,
disown,
break (up) with,
jilt,
strand,
leave stranded,
leave flat,
leave in the lurch,
throw over,
cast aside/off,
betray,
run/walk out on,
rat on,
drop,
dump,
ditch,
chuck,
give someone the push,
give someone the elbow,
give someone the big E,
bin off,
give someone the air,
abandoned,
deserted,
jilted,
stranded,
discarded,
shunned,
renounced,
betrayed,
rejected,
disowned,
dropped,
dumped,
ditched,
desolate,
bleak,
godforsaken,
remote,
isolated,
sequestered,
lonely,
solitary,
derelict,
dreary,
forlorn,
uninviting,
cheerless,
depressing,
sad,
Opposite:
stay with,
return to,
Origin:
Old English forsacan ‘renounce, refuse’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch verzaken, and ultimately to for- and sake1.
