god-forsaken

Bleak and hopeless

God-forsaken is an intensifying adjective that is always pejorative and slightly old-fashioned.

It suggests a place that is not only remote but also abandoned: We didn’t have any fresh water at that god-forsaken camp.

accursed

damned

Condemned to hell

benighted · abandoned · rejected · shunned · wretched · hellish · infernal · forgotten · spurned · godforsaken

miserable

dreary

Dull and depressing

  • dismalDepressingly dark or dull
  • grimHarsh and foreboding
  • hopelessBeyond possibility of success

wretched · cheerless · depressing · gloomy · forlorn · somber · melancholy · blighted · neglected · rundown

desolate

barren

Unable to produce

inhospitable · bleak · deserted · uninhabited · wilderness · outpost · backwater · hinterland · nowhere · godforsaken

Opposites
divine presence/blessing

god-forsakenblessed

Receiving divine favor

holy · sacred · hallowed · sanctified · consecrated

quality/desirability of place

god-forsakenthriving

Succeeding vigorously

flourishing · prosperous · idyllic · paradise · heavenly

remoteness/civilization

god-forsakencosmopolitan

Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent

civilized · well-connected · central · metropolitan · developed

Family

gods, godless, godlike, godhood, godliness, ungodly, goddess, forsake, forsaken

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG