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Forlorn
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What's The Definition Of Forlorn?
[adj] pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
[adj] marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause" Synonyms | Synonyms for Forlorn: desolate | forsaken | godforsaken | hopeless | lorn Related Terms | Find terms related to Forlorn: abandoned | affording no hope | alone | apathetic | bereft | bleak | cheerless | comfortless | cynical | defenseless | dejected | depressed | deserted | desolate | desole | despairing | desperate | despondent | desponding | disconsolate | dismal | dispirited | dolorous | down | fatherless | forgotten | forsaken | friendless | fruitless | futile | gloomy | glum | godforsaken | grim | heartsick | heartsore | helpless | homeless | hopeless | in despair | inconsolable | joyless | kithless | lonely | lonesome | lost | low-spirited | lugubrious | melancholy | miserable | motherless | mournful | neglected | oppressed | outcast | pathetic | pessimistic | pitiable | pitiful | sad | shunned | sick | sick at heart | solitary | sorrowful | soul-sick | unconsolable | unfriended | unhappy | unhopeful | vain | without hope | woebegone | woeful | wretched See Also | Forlorn In Webster's Dictionary \For*lorn"\, a. [OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly,
AS. forle['o]san (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + le['o]san (in
comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw.
f["o]rlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See
{For-}, and {Lorn}, a., {Lose}, v. t.]
1. Deserted; abandoned; lost.
Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. --Spenser.
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
--Shak.
2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched;
miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
For here forlorn and lost I tread. --Goldsmith.
The condition of the besieged in the mean time was
forlorn in the extreme. --Prescott.
She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still
living. --Thomson.
{A forlorn hope} [D. verloren hoop, prop., a lost band or
troop; verloren, p. p. of verliezen to lose + hoop band;
akin to E. heap. See {For-}, and {Heap}.] (Mil.), a body
of men (called in F. enfants perdus, in G. verlornen
posten) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a
breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other
extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case
or enterprise.
Syn: Destitute, lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary;
helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched;
miserable; pitiable.
\For*lorn"\, n. 1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person. Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. --Shak. 2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.] Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy. --Oliver Cromvell. |
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