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Definition of Godforsaken
1. Adjective. Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate. "Waste places"
Definition of Godforsaken
1. Adjective. Particularly awful; very bad; miserable; terrible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Godforsaken
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Godforsaken
Literary usage of Godforsaken
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"N. >t Q. Ser.vii. vol. ii. p. 229. godforsaken, adj. Neglected in appearance;
remote in situation, &c.; as ' A godforsaken-looking place. ..."
2. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"godforsaken, adj. Neglected in appearance ; remote in situation, &c. ; as ' A
godforsaken-looking place. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the edited by Cora Linn Morrison Daniels, Charles McClellan Stevens (1903)
""Only a godforsaken girl could speak sol" said the grandmother, "They are the
... "godforsaken girl, think where such words and thoughts will lead you! ..."
4. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"... godforsaken race! He pointed to the portrait of his grandfather on the wall
to his right. — Do you see that old chap up there, John ? he said. ..."
5. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"... godforsaken race! He pointed to the portrait of his grandfather on the wall
to his right. — Do you see that old chap up there, John? he said. ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"307 P- D Litt., B. AS young "Nick" Stretton beaches his canoe, on a dark night,
near the godforsaken La Chance mine, he is suddenly confronted by a ..."
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