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• Pitifully sad and lonely

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forlorn \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 ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-12c., forloren "disgraced, depraved," past participle of obsolete forlesan "be deprived of, lose, abandon," from Old English forleosan "to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin," from for- "completely" + leosan "to lose" (see lose ). In the Mercian hymns, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 abandoned, left behind, deserted. 2 miserable, as when lonely being abandoned. v (context obsolete English) (past participle of forlese English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn" [syn: desolate , godforsaken , lorn ] marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a vain/forlorn hope (= hope for something that is impossible ) ▪ He traveled south in the vain hope of finding work. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN hope ▪ For Coulthard, the prospect of posting a third successive ...

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