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forlorn

[ fawr-lawrn ]

adjective

  1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.

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  2. lonely and sad; forsaken.

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  3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing:

    forlorn glances.

  4. bereft; destitute:

    forlorn of comfort.

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forlorn

/ əˈɔː /

adjective

  1. miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate
  2. deserted; forsaken
  3. postpositivefoll byof destitute; bereft

    forlorn of hope

  4. desperate

    the last forlorn attempt

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ڴǰˈǰԲԱ, noun
  • ڴǰˈǰԱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڴǰ·ǰl adverb
  • ڴǰ·ǰn noun
  • ܲЭǰ·ǰ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of forlorn1

First recorded before 1150; Middle English foreloren “lost completely,” past participle of forlesen “to lose completely,” Old English ڴǰŧDz; cognate with Old High German firliosan ( German verlieren ), Gothic fraliusan; equivalent to for- + lorn
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of forlorn1

Old English forloren lost, from ڴǰŧDz to lose; related to Old Saxon farliosan , Gothic fraliusan , Greek luein to release
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Having cut a forlorn figure after a "bad day in the office" at Indian Wells, the 24-time major champion has looked more like his old self in Miami.

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While Snoopy tries to win a Christmas lights contest, and Lucy names herself “Christmas queen” in the neighborhood play, a forlorn Charlie Brown searches for “the real meaning of Christmas.”

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Commentators who obsess over these numbers act shocked at just how forlorn the folks have become.

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By the time Podesta and Richmond had taken the stage, the party had stopped, people had left, and those who remained looked forlorn.

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There were hopes in some quarters that DeSantis would moderate his policy thuggishness after his presidential campaign imploded in January, but his efforts to quash Amendment 4 suggests that the hope was forlorn.

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