FORLORN
\fˈɔːlɔːn], \fˈɔːlɔːn], \f_ˈɔː_l_ɔː_n]\
Definitions of FORLORN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
By Princeton University
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pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Deserted; abandoned; lost.
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Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
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A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
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A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
By Oddity Software
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Deserted; abandoned; lost.
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Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
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A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
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A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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