Definitions for Forlorn
fɔrˈlɔrnfor·lorn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forlornadjective

   marked by or showing hopelessness

   "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. forlornadjective

   abandoned, left behind, deserted

2. forlornadjective

   miserable, as when lonely being abandoned.

3. Etymology: From forlorn, forloren, from forloren (past participle of forleosan), from fraluzanaz, past participle of fraleusanan, equivlanet to. Cognate with verloren, verloren, förlorad. More at lese/leese, lorn.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FORLORNadjective

   Etymology: forloren, from forleoran, Saxon; verloren, Dutch.

   1. Deserted; destitute; forsaken; wretched; helpless; solitary.

   Make them seek for that they wont to scorn;
   Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Hubberd’s Tale.

   Tell me, good Hobinol, what gars thee greet?
   What! hath some wolf thy tender lambs ytorn?
   Or is thy bagpipe broke, that sounds so sweet?
   Or art thou of thy loved lass forlorne? Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

   In every place was heard the lamentation of women and children; every thing shewed the heaviness of the time, and seemed as altogether lost and forlorn. Richard Knolles, History.

   How can I live without thee! how forego
   Thy sweet converse, and love so dearly join’d,
   To live again in these wild woods forlorn! John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Their way
   Lies through the perplex’d paths of this drear wood;
   The nodding horrour of whose shady brows,
   Threats the forlorn and wand’ring passenger. John Milton.

   My only strength and stay! forlorn of thee,
   Whither shall I betake me, where subsist! John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Like a declining statesman, left forlorn
   To his friends pity and pursuers scorn. John Denham.

   The good old man, forlorn of human aid,
   For vengeance to his heav’nly patron pray’d. John Dryden, Iliad.

   Philomel laments forlorn. Elijah Fenton.

   As some sad turtle his lost love deplores,
   Thus, far from Delia, to the winds I mourn;
   Alike unheard, unpity’d, and forlorn. Alexander Pope, Autumn.

   2. Lost; desperate.

   What is become of great Acrates’ son?
   Or where hath he hung up his mortal blade,
   That hath so many haughty conquests won?
   Is all his force forlorn, and all his glory done? Fairy Queen.

   3. Small; despicable: in a ludicrous sense.

   He was so forlorn, that his dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

2. Forlornnoun

   A lost, solitary, forsaken man.

   Henry
   Is of a king become a banish’d man,
   And forc’d to live in Scotland a forlorn. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   2. Forlorn Hope. The soldiers who are sent first to the attack, and are therefore doomed to perish.

   Criticks in plume,
   Who lolling on our foremost benches sit,
   And still charge first, the true forlorn of wit. Dryden.

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1. forlorn

   Forlorn typically refers to a state of being lonely, abandoned, deserted, or sad due to being left alone. It can also imply a sense of hopelessness or desolation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forlorn

   of Forlese

2. Forlornverb

   deserted; abandoned; lost

3. Forlornverb

   destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate

4. Forlornnoun

   a lost, forsaken, or solitary person

5. Forlornnoun

   a forlorn hope; a vanguard

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forlorn

   for-lorn′, adj. quite lost: forsaken; wretched.—v.t. Forlore′ (Spens.).—adv. Forlorn′ly.—n. Forlorn′ness. [A.S. forloren, pa.p. of forléòsan, to lose—pfx. for-, away, and léòsan, to lose; Ger. verloren, pa.p. of verlieren, to lose.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Forlorn in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Forlorn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Forlorn in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Weiss:

   If you look at these images, you're basically staring at this epic desert landscape. It's the most forlorn place you could ever visit, there's not a drop of water anywhere, and yet, here Perseverances Martian rock samples have evidence of a very different past. Something very profound happened in the planet's history.

2. Michael Warner:

   We will be there, we will do our best, but I'm trained to save people, not to use a checklist to decide if people are going to live or die, but that's where we're head and that's my biggest fear and I think a lot of healthcare workers are beyond angry, I think we're really forlorn about the situation we find ourselves in.

3. David Cannington:

   Amidst market turbulence there is a call to arms for the G20 to get the global economy back on track, while we can hope for a substantive policy prescription, it's a forlorn one. There is simply too much self-interest globally and that dominates group interest.

4. Arthur Garfield Hays:

   Indignation boils my blood at the thought of the heritage we are throwing away; at the thought that, with few exceptions, the fight for freedom is left to the poor, forlorn and defenseless, and to the few radicals and revolutionaries who would make use of liberty to destroy, rather than to maintain, American institutions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Forlorn
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forlorn
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Forlorn
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Forlorn
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Forlorn