forsaken (See forsake)
v : leave someone
who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother
deserted her children" [syn: abandon, desolate, desert] [also: forsook, forsaken]forsaken adj : left
entirely; "forsaken slopes where children once played" [ant:
unforsaken]
Dictionary Definition
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /'foɻseɪkən/
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- Rhymes: -eɪkən
Verb
forsaken- past participle of forsake
Extensive Definition
Forsaken or The Forsaken may refer to:
In gaming:
- Forsaken (game), first person shooting video game similar to Descent
- Forsaken (series), World of Warcraft machinima series produced by Edgeworks Entertainment
- The Forsaken, an undead faction in the World of Warcraft series of games.
- Werewolf: The Forsaken, role-playing game published by White Wolf, Inc.
- Forsaken Fortress, a dungeon in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
In fiction:
- Forsaken (Wheel of Time), group of characters from the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan
- The Forsaken Inn, fictional inn
- Forsaken, a cursed sword from Paul Seifert's Legacy of X
In TV and film:
- "Forsaken" (Stargate SG-1), sixth season episode of Stargate SG-1
- The Prophecy: Forsaken, the latest film in The Prophecy series
- "The Forsaken" (DS9 episode), part of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine television series
- The Forsaken (film), 2001 horror/thriller film starring Brendan Fehr and Kerr Smith
In music:
- The Forsaken'' (album), album by the black metal band Antestor
- "Forsaken" (song), a song by Dream Theater
- "Forsaken" (song), a song by Jonathan Davis, released by David Draiman
- Forsaken, a song by VNV Nation from the album Praise the Fallen
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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