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Synonyms for forlorn
fɔrˈlɔrn
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Princeton's WordNet
forlorn(adj)
marked by or showing hopelessness
"the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"
Antonyms:
hopeful
English Synonyms and Antonyms
forlorn
Synonyms:
cheerless, disagreeable, discontented, dissatisfied, distressed, dreary, miserable, uncomfortable, wretchedAntonyms:
agreeable, at ease, at rest, cheerful, cheery, comfortable, commodious, contented, convenient, genial, pleasant, satisfactory, satisfied, snug, well-off, well-provided, well-to-do
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
forlorn(a.)
Synonyms:
deserted, abandoned, forsaken, friendless, solitary, lostforlorn(a.)
Synonyms:
wretched, miserable, pitiable, destitute, helpless, comfortless, disconsolate, woe-begone
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
forlorn(a)
Synonyms:
deserted, forsaken, lorn, disconsolate, lonesome
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#8576 | abandoned | |
#9832 | lone | |
#13845 | uncomfortable | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#19578 | helpless | |
#19800 | solitary | |
#19943 | distressed | |
#20573 | deserted | |
#20952 | dissatisfied | |
#27016 | lonesome | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#33824 | forsaken | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#43391 | destitute | |
#55808 | disagreeable | |
#57035 | forlorn | |
#94684 | discontented | |
#155941 | luckless | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#176112 | cheerless |
How to use forlorn in a sentence?
Amidst market turbulence there is a call to arms for the G20 to get the global economy back on track, while we can hope for a substantive policy prescription, it's a forlorn one. There is simply too much self-interest globally and that dominates group interest.
Indignation boils my blood at the thought of the heritage we are throwing away; at the thought that, with few exceptions, the fight for freedom is left to the poor, forlorn and defenseless, and to the few radicals and revolutionaries who would make use of liberty to destroy, rather than to maintain, American institutions.
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