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forlorn

[ fawr-lawrn ]
/ fɔrˈlɔrn /
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adjective

desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
lonely and sad; forsaken.
expressive of hopelessness; despairing: forlorn glances.
bereft; destitute: forlorn of comfort.

Words related to forlorn

lonely, pathetic, depressed, oppressed, despondent, deserted, desolate, desperate, miserable, helpless, destitute, pitiful, abandoned, alone, bereft, blue, cheerless, cynical, defenseless, despairing

Words nearby forlorn

forked chain, forked lightning, forkful, forklift, forky, forlorn, forlorn hope, forlì, form, form an opinion, form class

Origin of forlorn

before 1150; Middle English foreloren (past participle of forlesen to lose completely), Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan); cognate with Old High German firliosan (German verlieren), Gothic fraliusan. See for-, lorn

ANTONYMS FOR forlorn

1 happy.
2 accompanied.
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OTHER WORDS FROM forlorn

for·lorn·ly, adverbfor·lorn·ness, nounun·for·lorn, adjective

synonym study for forlorn

2. See desolate.
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British Dictionary definitions for forlorn

forlorn
/ (fəˈlɔːn) /

adjective

miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate
deserted; forsaken
(postpositive foll by of) destitute; bereftforlorn of hope
desperatethe last forlorn attempt

Derived forms of forlorn

forlornly, adverbforlornness, noun

Word Origin for forlorn

Old English forloren lost, from forlēosan to lose; related to Old Saxon farliosan, Gothic fraliusan, Greek luein to release
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