forsaking

Meaning of forsaking

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. abandon or leave.
    he would never forsake Tara

Old English forsacan ‘renounce, refuse’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch verzaken, and ultimately to for- and sake1.

Information about forsaking

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of forsaking is: forsakings.
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Hyphenation of forsaking

for-sak-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • forsaking is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

forsaking synonyms

Meaning abandonment:

abandonment, desertion

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous:

desert

Meaning abandon (a spouse or partner):

leave

Meaning leave (a place), usually permanently:

quit

Meaning fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff:

reject, rejected

Meaning refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with:

disown, disowned

Meaning suddenly reject or abandon (a lover):

jilt, jilted

Meaning leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere:

strand

Meaning expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy:

betray, betrayed

Meaning stop associating with:

drop

Meaning abandon or desert (someone):

dump, dumped

Meaning end a relationship with (someone) peremptorily:

ditch, ditched

Meaning end a relationship with (a partner):

chuck

Meaning having been deserted or left:

abandoned

Meaning (of a place) empty of people:

deserted

Meaning left without the means to move from somewhere:

stranded

Meaning get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable:

discarded

Meaning persistently avoided, ignored, or rejected:

shunned

Meaning reject or abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life):

renounced

Meaning having fallen or been allowed to fall vertically:

dropped

Meaning make (a place) appear bleakly empty:

desolate

Meaning (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements:

bleak

Meaning lacking any merit or attraction:

godforsaken

Meaning (of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant:

remote

Meaning far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote:

isolated

Meaning (of a place) isolated and hidden away:

sequestered

Meaning sad because one has no friends or company:

lonely

Meaning done or existing alone:

solitary

Meaning in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect:

derelict

Meaning depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive:

dreary

Meaning pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely:

forlorn

Meaning (especially of a place or prospect) not attractive:

uninviting

Meaning gloomy; depressing:

cheerless

Meaning causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection:

depressing

Meaning feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy:

sad

Translation of forsaking

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