Forlorn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fəˈlɔːn/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Forlorn is an adjective meaning Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
Meaning
Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
More Meanings
- Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
- Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
- A forlorn hope.
- A member of a forlorn hope.
- (obsolete) past participle of forlese.
Example Sentences
This is the Maiden all forlorn, That milked the Cow with the crumpled Horn[.]
For here forlorn and loſt I tread, / With fainting ſteps and ſlow; / Where wilds immeaſurably ſpread, / Seem lengthening as I go.
For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.
The condition of the besieged, in the mean time, was forlorn in the extreme; not so much from want of food, though their supplies were scanty, as from excessive toil and exposure.
Word Forms
- forlorner
- forlornest
- forlorne
- forlorns
Synonyms for forlorn
Depending on context, synonyms include desolate, forsaken, peopleless, abandoned, derelict, desert.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forsaken, desolate, lorn, hopeless, godforsaken, desperate.
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