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Forlornness
see synonyms of forlornnessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Forlornness
see synonyms of forlornnessadjective
1.
miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate
2.
deserted; forsaken
3. (postpositive; foll by of)
destitute; bereft
forlorn of hope
4.
desperate
the last forlorn attempt
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Forlornness
see synonyms of forlornness adjective
1.
abandoned or deserted
2.
a.
lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
b.
without hope; desperate
3.
bereft or deprived (of)
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Forlornness
see synonyms of forlornnessadj.
1.
a. Abandoned, deserted, or desolate: "my high school chums ... enjoying cider and doughnuts ... while I was trapped up on that forlorn mountain" (Howard Frank Mosher).
b. Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned: "waved them goodbye from the door like forlorn parents waving off a honeymoon couple" (Anne Bartlett).
c. Suggesting or characterized by sadness or loneliness: the forlorn whistle of a train in the night.
d. Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition: people living in forlorn shacks.
2. Bereft or deprived: forlorn of all hope.
3. Nearly hopeless; desperate: a forlorn acknowledgment of failure.
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