lorn

adjective

ˈlȯrn

chiefly literary

: left alone and forlorn : desolate, forsaken

When she entered the room she was dressed very plainly as was her custom, and a thick veil covered her face; but still she was dressed with care. There was nothing of the dowdiness of the lone lorn woman about her …

William Thackeray

The whole consciousness of my life lorn, my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass.

Charlotte Brontë

Then the young woman suddenly returns to her husband, and the lorn Petra declines into drunkenness.

Stanley Kauffmann

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Lorn and forlorn are synonyms that mean "desolate" or "forsaken." The similarity in form and meaning of the two words is hardly a coincidence. Lorn comes down to us from loren, the Middle English past participle of the verb lesen ("to lose"), itself a descendant of the Old English lēosan. Similarly, forlorn comes from the Middle English forloren, a descendant of the Old English verb forlēosan, which also means "to lose." The for- in forlorn is an archaic prefix meaning, among other things, "completely," "excessively," or "to exhaustion." Nowadays, forlorn is considerably more common than lorn. Lorn does, however, appear as the second element in the compound lovelorn ("bereft of love or of a lover").

lorn

adjective

as in lonely

sad from lack of companionship or separation from others lorn beyond all description, the widow struggled to cope with her crushing grief

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lonely
lone
lonesome
desolate
forlorn
solitary
deserted
forgotten
neglected
forsaken
abandoned
friendless
rejected
solo
alone
unaccompanied
sole
only

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

accompanied
attended
escorted

单词	lorn
释义	lorn adjective ˈlȯrn chiefly literary : left alone and forlorn : desolate, forsaken When she entered the room she was dressed very plainly as was her custom, and a thick veil covered her face; but still she was dressed with care. There was nothing of the dowdiness of the lone lorn woman about her … William Thackeray The whole consciousness of my life lorn, my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass. Charlotte Brontë Then the young woman suddenly returns to her husband, and the lorn Petra declines into drunkenness. Stanley Kauffmann Did you know? Lorn and forlorn are synonyms that mean "desolate" or "forsaken." The similarity in form and meaning of the two words is hardly a coincidence. Lorn comes down to us from loren, the Middle English past participle of the verb lesen ("to lose"), itself a descendant of the Old English lēosan. Similarly, forlorn comes from the Middle English forloren, a descendant of the Old English verb forlēosan, which also means "to lose." The for- in forlorn is an archaic prefix meaning, among other things, "completely," "excessively," or "to exhaustion." Nowadays, forlorn is considerably more common than lorn. Lorn does, however, appear as the second element in the compound lovelorn ("bereft of love or of a lover"). Synonyms desolate forlorn lonely lonesome See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences lorn beyond all description, the widow struggled to cope with her crushing grief Word History Etymology Middle English, from loren, past participle of lesen to lose, from Old English lēosan — more at lose First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined above lorn adjective as in lonely sad from lack of companionship or separation from others lorn beyond all description, the widow struggled to cope with her crushing grief Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance lonely lone lonesome desolate forlorn solitary deserted forgotten neglected forsaken abandoned friendless rejected solo alone unaccompanied sole only Antonyms & Near Antonyms accompanied attended escorted
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lorn

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