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The synonyms of “Forlorn” are: unhappy, sad, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, wretched, abject, morose, regretful, heartbroken, down, downcast, dispirited, downhearted, crestfallen, depressed, melancholy, blue, gloomy, glum, mournful, despairing, doleful, woebegone, woeful, tearful, long-faced, joyless, cheerless, out of sorts, desolate, deserted, abandoned, forsaken, forgotten, neglected, hopeless, with no chance of success
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “forlorn” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
abandoned | Free from constraint- Liam O’Flaherty. An abandoned car. |
abject | Of the most contemptible kind. The most abject slaves joined in the revolt. |
blue | Used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War who wore blue uniforms. A blue jay. |
cheerless | Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. Something cheerless about the room. |
crestfallen | Brought low in spirit. He came back empty handed and crestfallen. |
dejected | Affected or marked by low spirits. Is dejected but trying to look cheerful. |
depressed | (of an object or part of an object) in a lower position, having been pushed down. Depressed inner city areas. |
deserted | Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. Deserted beaches of soft sand. |
desolate | Crushed by grief. A low desolate wail. |
despairing | Showing the loss of all hope. He gave a despairing little shrug. |
despondent | In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. Despondent about his failure. |
disconsolate | Causing dejection. She left Fritz looking disconsolate. |
dispirited | Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm. A dispirited and resigned expression on her face. |
doleful | Causing grief or misfortune. The child s doleful expression. |
down | Denoting a flavour variety of stable quark having relatively low mass and an electric charge of 1 3 In the Standard Model protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks. Click on the down arrow. |
downcast | Directed downward. You mustn t be downcast. |
downhearted | Discouraged; in low spirits. Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost. |
forgotten | Not noticed inadvertently. He was scolded for his forgotten chores. |
forsaken | Abandoned or deserted. A journey into forgotten and forsaken places. |
gloomy | Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening. Gloomy predictions. |
glum | Showing a brooding ill humor. A glum hopeless shrug. |
heartbroken | Full of sorrow. He was heartbroken at the thought of leaving the house. |
hopeless | Very bad or incompetent. I m hopeless at mathematics. |
joyless | Not experiencing or inspiring joy. A joyless man. |
long-faced | Having a face longer than the usual. |
melancholy | Having a feeling of melancholy sad and pensive. She felt a little melancholy. |
miserable | Contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis. You miserable skunk. |
morose | Showing a brooding ill humor. She was morose and silent when she got home. |
mournful | Filled with or evoking sadness. Her large mournful eyes. |
neglected | Lacking a caretaker. Shaw s neglected one act comedy A Village Wooing. |
out of sorts | Directed outward or serving to direct something outward. |
regretful | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. Felt regretful over his vanished youth. |
sad | Of things that make you feel sad Christina Rossetti. They looked at her with sad anxious faces. |
sorrowful | Feeling or showing grief. A sorrowful tale of death and despair. |
tearful | Causing tears; sad or emotional. Tearful eyes. |
unhappy | Unfortunate. The unhappy or sad news. |
with no chance of success | Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. |
woebegone | Affected by or full of grief or woe- George du Maurier. His sorrow made him look haggard and woebegone. |
woeful | Very bad; deplorable. The remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre. |
wretched | Characterized by physical misery. Spent a wretched night on the floor. |
alone | Radically distinctive and without equal. They were not alone in dissenting from the advice. |
celibate | A person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations. Celibate priests. |
exclusively | As the only source. I can exclusively reveal that Gail shares a birthday with Rod Stewart. |
hermit | A hummingbird found in the shady lower layers of tropical forests, foraging along a regular route. |
homesick | Longing to return home. He was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe. |
isolate | A culture of microorganisms isolated for study. Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare. |
isolation | An instance of isolating something, especially a compound or microorganism. He opposed a policy of American isolation. |
lone | Lacking companions or companionship. A lone wolf. |
lonely | Lacking companions or companionship. Felt sad and lonely. |
lonesome | Being the only one; single and isolated from others. Spent a lonesome hour in the bar. |
misunderstood | Incorrectly interpreted or understood. A misunderstood criticism. |
outsider | A contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win. He started as a rank outsider. |
pariah | An outcast. They were treated as social pariahs. |
privacy | The state of being free from public attention. She returned to the privacy of her own home. |
recluse | A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people. He s a bit of a recluse. |
remote | A remote control device. A remote possibility. |
seclude | Keep (someone) away from other people. I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation. |
secluded | Hidden from general view or use. A secluded romantic spot. |
separated | Separated at the joint. A separated shoulder. |
sequester | A general cut in government spending. Non precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester calcium and magnesium ions. |
single | Advance a runner by hitting a single. The kingdom was ruled over by a single family. |
sole | Put a new sole on to a shoe. The join between the upper and the sole. |
solely | Not involving anyone or anything else; only. He is solely responsible for any debts the company may incur. |
solitary | One who lives in solitude. Solitary farmsteads. |
troglodyte | A hermit. |
unappreciated | Not fully understood, recognized, or valued. She had been brought up in a family where she felt unappreciated and undervalued. |
unrewarding | Not rewarding or satisfying. It was dull unrewarding work. |
unsociable | Not enjoying or making an effort to behave sociably in the company of others. Watching TV is a fairly unsociable activity. |
unsung | Not celebrated or praised. Unsung heroes of the war. |
vacant | Void of intelligence or thought. The throne is never vacant. |
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