Forlorn
adjective
Feeling or showing a sense of sadness and abandonment.
She looked forlorn after her pet rabbit died.
Often appears as...
- a forlorn hope
- forlorn love
adjective
Empty or neglected.
The old, forlorn house had been abandoned for years.
Often appears as...
- forlorn house
- forlorn garden
adjective
Having no hope or chance of success.
It seems a forlorn attempt to try to win at this point.
Often appears as...
- forlorn attempt
- forlorn hope
adjective
Feeling or showing a sense of sadness and abandonment.
She looked forlorn after her pet rabbit died.
Often appears as...
- a forlorn hope
- forlorn love
adjective
Empty or neglected.
The old, forlorn house had been abandoned for years.
Often appears as...
- forlorn house
- forlorn garden
adjective
Having no hope or chance of success.
It seems a forlorn attempt to try to win at this point.
Often appears as...
- forlorn attempt
- forlorn hope
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional depth
'Forlorn' expresses deep sorrow, more than just being 'sad'.
His forlorn expression spoke volumes about his grief.
Pro Tip 2/3Less common
'Forlorn' is less common in everyday conversation; more literary.
In her diary, she described the forlorn landscape of winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Not transient
'Forlorn' suggests a lingering sadness, not a brief one.
He's been forlorn ever since the loss of his friend.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional depth
'Forlorn' expresses deep sorrow, more than just being 'sad'.
His forlorn expression spoke volumes about his grief.
Pro Tip 2/3Less common
'Forlorn' is less common in everyday conversation; more literary.
In her diary, she described the forlorn landscape of winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Not transient
'Forlorn' suggests a lingering sadness, not a brief one.
He's been forlorn ever since the loss of his friend.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional depth
'Forlorn' expresses deep sorrow, more than just being 'sad'.
His forlorn expression spoke volumes about his grief.
Pro Tip 2/3Less common
'Forlorn' is less common in everyday conversation; more literary.
In her diary, she described the forlorn landscape of winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Not transient
'Forlorn' suggests a lingering sadness, not a brief one.
He's been forlorn ever since the loss of his friend.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
forlorn at the moment but he gave a wonderful call that CB goes again and I just must I mean I just said the same thing as Murphy's asked I said I wondered if he he was the lead in then I realize of course it's not it's not
Video examples
Meerkat Mother Exiles...
She won't let that happen. Klinky has driven four of her daughters out of her family. They watch forlornly from a safe distance. Life for them in exile is going to be tough.
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What it's like to be a...
to play " No dialogue. The character only needs to stand on a balcony, look forlorn, and walk back inside the house. Only partial nudity." " Brian's love interest.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
forlorn at the moment but he gave a wonderful call that CB goes again and I just must I mean I just said the same thing as Murphy's asked I said I wondered if he he was the lead in then I realize of course it's not it's not
Video examples
Meerkat Mother Exiles...
She won't let that happen. Klinky has driven four of her daughters out of her family. They watch forlornly from a safe distance. Life for them in exile is going to be tough.
Video examples
What it's like to be a...
to play " No dialogue. The character only needs to stand on a balcony, look forlorn, and walk back inside the house. Only partial nudity." " Brian's love interest.
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Quote examples
Bat for Lashes
English Musician
I have lots of clothes that I don't wear because I'm bad for impulse buying. They sit in my cupboard looking forlorn, but if I haven't worn something for a couple of months, I usually realise that it would be much better off in one of my friends' wardrobes.
Quote examples
Richard Elman
American Novelist
If I wanted to be Rimbaud, what was I doing in graduate school? Trying to stay out of the army, of course. Graduate study gave me a draft deferment. But I also knew I lacked erudition and polish and was often sunk in forlorn reveries.
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Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat can be divided into three further groups - atavists, who look back to a lost past; nostalgics, who look forlornly for a present, a home; and progressives, who look for a lost future.
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Bernard Cornwell
British Novelist
Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.
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Theo Epstein
American Businessman
I work for the Chicago Cubs, a team with a following so loyal and adoring and a history so forlorn that we were known nationwide as the Loveable Losers.
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Elizabeth Berg
American Author
I remember, as a child, wanting all the time to buy my parents presents. I stood around forlornly in fancy shops, unable to afford a single thing.
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Anna Letitia Barbauld
English Poet
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!
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Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.
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Elizabeth Bowen
Irish Novelist
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
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David Shields
American Author
The ruling ethos of Seattle is forlorn apology for our animal impulses.
Quote examples
Bat for Lashes
English Musician
I have lots of clothes that I don't wear because I'm bad for impulse buying. They sit in my cupboard looking forlorn, but if I haven't worn something for a couple of months, I usually realise that it would be much better off in one of my friends' wardrobes.
Quote examples
Richard Elman
American Novelist
If I wanted to be Rimbaud, what was I doing in graduate school? Trying to stay out of the army, of course. Graduate study gave me a draft deferment. But I also knew I lacked erudition and polish and was often sunk in forlorn reveries.
Quote examples
Guy Standing
English Actor
The precariat can be divided into three further groups - atavists, who look back to a lost past; nostalgics, who look forlornly for a present, a home; and progressives, who look for a lost future.
Quote examples
Bernard Cornwell
British Novelist
Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.
Quote examples
Theo Epstein
American Businessman
I work for the Chicago Cubs, a team with a following so loyal and adoring and a history so forlorn that we were known nationwide as the Loveable Losers.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Berg
American Author
I remember, as a child, wanting all the time to buy my parents presents. I stood around forlornly in fancy shops, unable to afford a single thing.
Quote examples
Anna Letitia Barbauld
English Poet
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!
Quote examples
Dick Cavett
American Entertainer
In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Bowen
Irish Novelist
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
Quote examples
David Shields
American Author
The ruling ethos of Seattle is forlorn apology for our animal impulses.
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