Definition of FORLORN

forlorn

Meanings

Plural: forlorns

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by or showing hopelessness
    • "the last forlorn attempt"
    • "a forlorn cause"

Adj

  • Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
  • Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
  • Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

Noun

  • A forlorn hope.
  • A member of a forlorn hope.

Verb

  • past participle of forlese.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), equivalent to for- + lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”),
German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.

Scrabble Score: 10

forlorn is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
forlorn is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forlorn is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

forlorn is a valid Words With Friends word