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Definition of forlorn : 1. A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
2. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
3. Deserted; abandoned; lost.
4. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
5. of Forlese

Synonyms:

heavyhearted, murky, crestfallen, depressive, sepulchral, elegiac, tenebrous, melancholic, morbid, alone, black, keep, favored, gray, desirable, lorn, sorry, droopy, plutonian, wretched, pet, do for, saddened, dreich, comfortless, saturnine, bereft, friendless, downcast, hangdog, darkening, alienated, tenebrific, sunless, inconsolable, woeful, down in the mouth, decrepit, broken-down, godforsaken, blue, depressing, estranged, hope, somber, beat-up, derelict, unhappy, joyless, lugubrious, condemned, precious, dark, cloudy, heartsick, isolated, adrift, drear, doleful, Cimmerian, bad, low-spirited, dire, full, desired, unfrequented, sorrowful, dilapidated, cold, top, to die for, woebegone, happy, lonesome, down, heartsore, mournful, creaky, chill, low, cast down, wanted, funereal, longed-for, beaten-up, desolate, disconsolate, solemn, dear, down-at-heel, sullen, heartbroken, brokenhearted

bleak, bare, dreary, deserted, forsaken, forgotten, stark, inhospitable, barren, desert, lonely, uninhabited, abandoned, dismal, miserable

pathetic, piteous, lamentable, heart-rending, pitiable, tear-jerking, pitiful

despondent, despairing, melancholy, glum, gloomy, cheerless, disheartened, anguished, desperate, discouraged, pessimistic, downhearted, dispirited, dejected, spiritless, hopeless, morose, depressed

Usage examples:

• So, for heaven's sake, don't let your head become turned by one who looks forward to such a forlorn life. - "From Jest to Earnest", E. P. Roe.
• She was too forlorn! - "Understood Betsy", Dorothy Canfield.
• They were of the stuff forlorn hopes are fashioned from. - "The Silent Places", Steward Edward White.