Sekirov Dictionary

forlorn

UK /fəˈlɔːn/US /fɚˈlɔɹn/

adjective 3
noun 2
forms 5

adjective3

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Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
- For miserie doth brauest mindes abate, / And make them seeke for that they wont to scorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne. — 1578
•
Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
- For here forlorn and lost I tread, / With fainting steps and slow; / Where wilds immeasurably spread, / Seem lengthening as I go. — 1766
•
Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
- Well! It is a forlorn hope at the best, and not much the forlorner for being delayed till dark. — 1859

noun2

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A forlorn hope.
- The garrison, taken by surprise, had the first intelligence of the assault in the "forlorns plunging into the canal." — 1861
A member of a forlorn hope.

forms

forlorns · forlorner · more forlorn · forlornest · most forlorn

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