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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024for•lorn /fɔrˈlɔrn/USA pronunciation adj. - miserable, as in condition or appearance:a forlorn little cabin in the mountains.
- lonely and sad:gave her father a forlorn look.
- despairing;
with no hope:a forlorn attempt to migrate.
for•lorn•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024for•lorn (fôr lôrn′),USA pronunciation adj. - desolate or dreary;
unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance. - lonely and sad;
forsaken. - expressive of hopelessness;
despairing:forlorn glances. - bereft;
destitute:forlorn of comfort.
- bef. 1150; Middle English foreloren (past participle of forlesen to lose completely), Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan); cognate with Old High German firliosan (German verlieren), Gothic fraliusan. See for-, lorn
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pitiful, pitiable, helpless, woebegone, comfortless.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alone, lost, solitary. See desolate.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deprived.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged happy.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accompanied.
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