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1. forlorn

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Usually means: Desolate or dreary; unhappy, lonely.
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  1. forlorn: Merriam-Webster
  2. forlorn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forlorn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. forlorn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. forlorn: Vocabulary.com
  6. Forlorn, forlorn: Wordnik
  7. forlorn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. forlorn: Wiktionary
  9. forlorn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. forlorn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. forlorn: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Forlorn, forlorn: Dictionary.com
  13. forlorn: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. forlorn: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Forlorn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Forlorn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. forlorn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. forlorn: Rhymezone
  19. forlorn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. forlorn: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. forlorn: FreeDictionary.org
  22. forlorn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. forlorn: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. forlorn: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. forlorn: Legal dictionary

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  1. forlorn: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
▸ adjective:  Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
▸ adjective:  Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
▸ noun:  A forlorn hope.
▸ noun:  A member of a forlorn hope.

Similar:
forsaken, desolate, lorn, godforsaken, hopeless, abandoned, lovelorn, lonely, deserted, orphaned, more...

Opposite:
hopeful, optimistic, content, cheerful, buoyant

Types:
desolate, abandoned, lonely, isolated, forsaken, neglected, melancholy, dejected, more...

Phrases:
forlorn hope, forlorn hopes, a forlorn hope, opposite of forlorn, sort of forlorn, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, more, own, whole, sad, wild, aforementioned, magic, unknown, hap

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Similar:
forsaken, desolate, lorn, godforsaken, hopeless, abandoned, lovelorn, lonely, deserted, orphaned, more...

Opposite:
hopeful, optimistic, content, cheerful, buoyant

Types:
desolate, abandoned, lonely, isolated, forsaken, neglected, melancholy, dejected, more...

Phrases:
forlorn hope, forlorn hopes, a forlorn hope, opposite of forlorn, sort of forlorn, looking forlorn, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, more, own, whole, sad, wild, aforementioned, magic, unknown, hap

Colors:
    gray,     charcoal,     taupe,     mauve,     sepia, more...



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