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Question by  txapplesplease (42)

What is the definition of forlorn?

I keep reading this word in books.

 
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Answer by  Sweet58 (25)

The appearance of hopelessness. Feeling sad or depressed because of abandonment. Forgotten about or neglected. A sentence, for example, may be something like this. The girl seemed to be sadly forlorn.

 
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Answer by  patti (29325)

Forlorn generally means "sad." It is an adjective and can be used with regard to a look or a feeling. Synonyms include unhappy, forsaken, miserable, lonely, forsaken, bereft and hopeless.

 
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Answer by  arun89 (11)

Sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion. Appearing sad and lonely; unhappy and neglected,wretched or pitiful in appearance nearly hopelessness.

 
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Answer by  Muhammed10 (49)

Forlorn is the situation of unhappiness of person. We can say like she was forlorn when she failed in exams. The synonyms of forlorn are bad, joyless, low, hangdog etc. Uneasy, despairing, murky, tearful etc. are related words.

 
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