Godforsaken vs Desolate - What's the difference?
godforsaken | desolate | Synonyms |
Abandoned by a deity or god.
Particularly awful; very bad; miserable; terrible.
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
* Bible, Jer. ix. 11
* Tennyson
Barren and lifeless.
Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.
Dismal or dreary.
Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
* Keble
To deprive of inhabitants.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To abandon or forsake something.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
As adjectives the difference between godforsaken and desolate
is that godforsaken is abandoned by a deity or god while desolate is deserted and devoid of inhabitants.As a verb desolate is
to deprive of inhabitants.godforsaken
English
Alternative forms
* god-forsaken * god forsakenAdjective
- I wanted nothing more than to get out of that godforsaken place without delay.
External links
* English adjectives ending in -endesolate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a desolate''' isle; a '''desolate''' wilderness; a '''desolate house
- I will make Jerusalem a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate , without an inhabitant.
- And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among.
- desolate altars
- He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
- voice of the poor and desolate