C2adjective · rare

forlorn

for·lorn

forlorn · forlorner · forlornest

забутий, нещасний, самотній, покинутий

заброшенный, несчастный, одинокий, жалкий

verlassen, hoffnungslos, aussichtslos

Abandoned, deserted, left behindAbandoned, deserted, left behind.

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UK/fəˈlɔːn/US/fɚˈlɔɹn/

» The place is desolate and forlorn.

Meaning

3 senses

Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
verlassen
забро́шенныйzabróšennyj, поки́нутыйpokínutyj
покинутийpokynutyj, забутийzabutyj
Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
verlassen
несча́стныйnesčástnyj, одино́кийodinókij, жа́лкийžálkij
нещаснийneščasnyj, самотнійsamotnij
Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
aussichtslos, hoffnungslos
безнадёжныйbeznadjóžnyj
безнадійнийbeznadijnyj, марнийmarnyj, відчайдушнийvidčajdušnyj

More definitions

marked by or showing hopelessness

Examples

6 sentences

The place is desolate and forlorn.
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That is where this forlorn son was born.
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She and her uncle were sad and forlorn in their neglect and disgrace.
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When the emperor read the unfounded accusations, the citizens were forlorn of all hope.
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She looks sorrowful and forlorn.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

abandoned, deserted, left behind:

miserable:

unlikely to succeed:

Русский

By meaning 3

abandoned, deserted, left behind:

miserable:

unlikely to succeed:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

abandoned, deserted, left behind:

unlikely to succeed:

Origin

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlē

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), equivalent to for- + lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”),

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