godforsaken

From: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

godforsaken • adjective  a godforsaken place synonyms : desolate, dismal, dreary, bleak, wretched, miserable, gloomy, deserted, abandoned, forlorn, neglected, remote, backward.

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