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forlorn
Meaning: pitifully sad, lonely, or abandoned
forlorn in a sentence
How forlorn is used in real sentences:
A forlorn dog waited beside the empty farmhouse.
The abandoned station appeared forlorn beneath the winter sky.
“The sound left Dorian suddenly forlorn, his smugness gone, while the odor from below seemed to permeate the spotless library and settle into its curtains.”
— from the passage The Refusal at Ashdown
Synonyms for forlorn
Other words for forlorn — desolate, dejected and forsaken — carry the same meaning.
- desolate
- dejected
- forsaken
Antonyms of forlorn
Words that mean the opposite of forlorn:
- cheerful
- hopeful
- comforted
Where it comes from
From Old English forloren, meaning 'lost or abandoned.'
Memory hook
FORLORN contains LORN, an old word for lost: someone forlorn feels lost and alone.