'Forsaken' definitions:
Definition of 'Forsaken'
From: GCIDE
- Forsake \For*sake"\, v. t. [imp. Forsook; p. p. Forsaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Forsaking.] [AS. forsacan to oppose, refuse; for- + sacan to contend, strive; akin to Goth. sakan. See For-, and Sake.]
- 1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. [1913 Webster]
- If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. --Ps. lxxxix. 30. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To renounce; to reject; to refuse. [1913 Webster]
- If you forsake the offer of their love. --Shak.
- Syn: To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up; renounce; reject. See Abandon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'forsaken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- available,
- cast-off,
- castaway,
- defenseless,
- derelict,
- deserted,
- desolate,
- discarded,
- disowned,
- disused,
- fatherless,
- forlorn,
- free,
- friendless,
- godforsaken,
- helpless,
- homeless,
- jettisoned,
- jilted,
- kithless,
- left,
- loveless,
- lovelorn,
- marooned,
- motherless,
- open,
- outcast,
- outside the gates,
- outside the pale,
- rejected,
- solitary,
- spurned,
- tenantless,
- unbeloved,
- uncherished,
- uncouth,
- unfilled,
- unfriended,
- uninhabited,
- unloved,
- unmanned,
- unoccupied,
- unpeopled,
- unpopulated,
- unstaffed,
- untaken,
- untenanted,
- untended,
- vacant