forlorn

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
2. Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
3. Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

Noun

1. A forlorn hope.
2. A member of a forlorn hope.

Verb

past participle of forlese.

Sinonieme

lonely

desolate

lonesome

helpless

miserable

hopeless

wretched

dreary

abject

lone

solitary

deserted

pitiable

squalid

poor

depressed

abandoned

alone

beggarly

bleak

despairing

desperate

despondent

discouraging

disheartening

dismal

forsaken

meager

pitiful

unenviable

unhappy

☹️

unpromising

beastly

friendless

futile

gone

haggard

heartbroken

disconsolate

disappointed

😞

impoverished

isolated

destitute

desponding

desert

🏜️

dark and desolate

derelict

no-go

orphan

outcast

Vertalings

verlassen

abandonné

abandonado

abandonado

άθλιος

έρημος

abandonada

désespéré

miserabel

zielig

☹️

lastimável

erbärmlich

perdu

elend

misérable

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fəˈlɔːn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: forlorn

Geërf van Old English: forloren

Verwante met Fries: ferlern

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: ferlädden

Verwante met Nederlands: verloren

Verwante met Duits: verloren

Verwante met Sweeds: förlorad

In summary

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”),
German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.