What does forlorn mean?
Definitions for forlorn
fɔrˈlɔrnfor·lorn
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word forlorn.
Princeton's WordNet
forlornadjective
marked by or showing hopelessness
"the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"
Wiktionary
forlornadjective
abandoned, left behind, deserted
forlornadjective
miserable, as when lonely being abandoned.
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 Dictionary
FORLORNadjective
Etymology: forloren, from forleoran, Saxon; verloren, Dutch.
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.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.He was so forlorn, that his dimensions to any thick sight were invincible. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.
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.Criticks in plume,
Who lolling on our foremost benches sit,
And still charge first, the true forlorn of wit. Dryden.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Forlorn
of Forlese
Forlornverb
deserted; abandoned; lost
Forlornverb
destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate
Forlornnoun
a lost, forsaken, or solitary person
Forlornnoun
a forlorn hope; a vanguard
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of forlorn in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of forlorn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of forlorn in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for forlorn
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for forlorn »
Translation
Find a translation for the forlorn definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"forlorn." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/forlorn>.
Discuss these forlorn definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In