forlorn
adjective
Origin of forlorn
Synonyms for forlorn
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Antonyms for forlorn
Related Words for forlorn
lonely, pathetic, depressed, oppressed, despondent, deserted, desolate, desperate, miserable, helpless, destitute, pitiful, abandoned, alone, bereft, blue, cheerless, cynical, defenseless, despairingExamples from the Web for forlorn
Contemporary Examples of forlorn
Today, a forlorn air hangs over Santa Maria degli Angeli, like a graveyard where ghosts are buried.
The roads are forlorn, the landscape barren, the forests menacing.
He could not shake the image of that forlorn, mistreated horse.
He looked as forlorn as might be expected of a retired cop who finds himself the one behind bars.
The collapse of the Soviet Empire more than 20 years ago left it, for a time, orphaned and forlorn.
Historical Examples of forlorn
She had had a forlorn hope that he would throw down the sheet; but he did not.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
These men were as forlorn and miserable as my self, death grinning in our faces at every turn.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
Altogether, the appearance of the individual was forlorn and miserable.
The Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore Cooper
There were forlorn hollows under his eyes; now he looked twice his age.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
That he might be; but he was not so forlorn as to roam away and leave them together.
Little DorritCharles Dickens