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- Dictionaryforlorn/fəˈlɔːn/
adjective
- 1. pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely: "forlorn figures at bus stops" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of an aim or endeavour) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled: "a forlorn attempt to escape" Similar
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FORLORN definition: 1. alone and unhappy; left alone and not cared for: 2. A forlorn place feels empty and sad: 3…. Learn more.
Sniff, sniff, boo-hoo... use the adjective forlorn to express loneliness and feeling left out. When someone is forlorn it means that they not only feel miserable but simultaneously desolate because they also believe they are alone.
The meaning of FORLORN is bereft, forsaken. How to use forlorn in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Forlorn.
Forlorn definition: desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.. See examples of FORLORN used in a sentence.
Definition of forlorn adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. 1. miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate. 2. deserted; forsaken.
Suggesting or characterized by sadness or loneliness. The forlorn whistle of a train in the night. American Heritage. Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition. People living in forlorn shacks. American Heritage. Bereft or deprived ( of) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Adjective Definitions (1) Synonyms: unfrequented. lonesome.
adjective. uk / fəˈlɔːn / us. Add to word list. lonely and unhappy: The captured soldiers looked forlorn and helpless. forlornly. adverb. (Definition of forlorn from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of forlorn. in Chinese (Traditional) 可悲的, 孤苦伶仃的，孤苦無依的, 空曠悽惶的（地方）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
1. adjective. If someone is forlorn, they feel alone and unhappy. [literary] One of the demonstrators, a young woman, sat forlorn on the sidewalk. Synonyms: miserable, helpless, pathetic, pitiful More Synonyms of forlorn. 2. adjective. A forlorn hope or attempt is one that you think has no chance of success.
1. miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate. 2. deserted; forsaken. 3. (foll by: of) destitute; bereft: forlorn of hope. 4. desperate: the last forlorn attempt. [Old English forloren lost, from forlēosan to lose; related to Old Saxon farliosan, Gothic fraliusan, Greek luein to release] forˈlornly adv. forˈlornness n.
