forlorn

Meaning

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.

Concepts

forlorn

lonely

desolate

lonesome

helpless

miserable

hopeless

wretched

dreary

abject

deserted

lone

solitary

poor

squalid

depressed

pitiable

dismal

meager

pitiful

unenviable

abandoned

discouraging

disheartening

unpromising

despairing

desperate

unhappy

alone

forsaken

beggarly

bleak

despondent

impoverished

become an orphan

flaky

undependable

unreliable

vague

dark and desolate

desponding

downhearted

miseable

companionless

friendless

orphan

parentless

destitute of refuge

destitute

outcast

beastly

caitiff

putrid

unblessed

unblest

villainous

derelict

desert

waste

wild

deplorable

disgraceful

haggard

piteous

scrub

scrubby

seedy

sorry

futile

gone

no-go

unhopeful

uneasy

remote

sequestered

isolated

secluded

broken-hearted

disconsolate

distressed

doleful

heartbroken

brokeback

discouraged

disappointed

Hyphenated as

for‧lorn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈlɔːn/

Etymology

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.