English-Thai Dictionary

forlorn

ADJ เหงาหงอย และ สิ้นหวัง  lonely miseable unhappy cheerful happy ngao-ngoi-lae-sin-wang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORLORN

a. 1. Deserted; destitute; stripped or deprived; forsaken. Hence, lost; helpless; wretched; solitary.
Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn.
To live again in these wild woods forlorn.
For here forlorn and lost I tread.
2. Taken away. Obs.
When as night hath us of light forlorn.
3. Small; despicable; in a ludicrous sense.
Forlorn hope, properly, a desperate case; hence in military affairs, a detachment of men appointed to lead in an assault, to storm a counterscarp, enter a breach, or perform other service attended with uncommon peril.

 

FORLORN

n.A lost, forsaken, solitary person.

 

FORLORNNESS

n.Destitution; misery; a forsaken or wretched condition.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORLORN

For *lorn ", a. Etym: [OE. , p.p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p.p. forloren ); pref. for- + leósan (in comp. ) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw. förlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See For-, and Lorn, a., Lose, v. t.]

 

1. Deserted abandoned; lost. Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Spenser. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.

 

2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate. For here forlorn and lost I tread. Goldsmith. The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme. Prescott. She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living. Thomson. A forlorn hope Etym: [D. verloren hoop, prop. , a lost band or troop; verloren, p.p. of verliezen to lose + hoop band; akin to E. heap. See For-, and Heap. ] (Mil. ), a body of men (called in F. enfants perdus, in G. verloren posten ) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case or enterprise.

 

Syn. -- Destitute, lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary; helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched; miserable; pitiable.

 

FORLORN

FORLORN For *lorn ", n.

 

1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person. Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. Shak.

 

2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs. ] Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy. Oliver Cromvell.

 

FORLORNLY

FORLORNLY For *lorn "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a forlorn manner. Pollok.

 

FORLORNNESS

FORLORNNESS For *lorn "ness, n.

 

Defn: State of being forlorn. Boyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forlorn

for lorn |fərˈlôrn, fôr -fərˈlɔrn | ▶adjective 1 pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely: forlorn figures at bus stops. 2 (of an aim or endeavor ) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; hopeless: a forlorn attempt to escape. PHRASES forlorn hope a persistent or desperate hope that is unlikely to be fulfilled. [mid 16th cent.: from Dutch verloren hoop ‘lost troop, ’ from verloren (past participle of verliezen ‘lose ’) and hoop ‘company ’ (related to heap ). The phrase originally denoted a band of soldiers picked to begin an attack, many of whom would not survive; the current sense (mid 17th cent. ) derives from a misunderstanding of the etymology. ]DERIVATIVES for lorn ly adverb, for lorn ness |fərˈlôrnˌnəs |noun ORIGIN Old English forloren ‘depraved, morally abandoned, ’ past participle of forlēosan ‘lose, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch verliezen and German verlieren, and ultimately to for- and lose. Sense 1 dates from the 16th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

forlorn

forlorn |fəˈlɔːn | ▶adjective 1 pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely: forlorn figures at bus stops. 2 (of an aim or endeavour ) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled: a forlorn attempt to escape. PHRASES forlorn hope a persistent or desperate hope that is unlikely to be fulfilled. [mid 16th cent.: from Dutch verloren hoop ‘lost troop ’, from verloren (past participle of verliezen ‘lose ’) and hoop ‘company ’. The phrase originally denoted a band of soldiers picked to begin an attack, many of whom would not survive; the current sense (mid 17th cent. ), derives from a misunderstanding of the etymology. ]DERIVATIVES forlornly adverb, forlornness |fəˈlɔːnnɪs |noun ORIGIN Old English forloren ‘depraved, morally abandoned ’, past participle of forlēosan ‘lose ’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch verliezen and German verlieren, and ultimately to for- and lose. Sense 1 dates from the 16th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forlorn

forlorn adjective 1 he sounded forlorn: unhappy, sad, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, wretched, abject, down, downcast, dispirited, downhearted, crestfallen, depressed, melancholy, gloomy, glum, mournful, despairing, doleful, woebegone; informal blue, down in /at the mouth, down in the dumps; rare lachrymose. ANTONYMS happy. 2 a forlorn garden: desolate, deserted, abandoned, forsaken, forgotten, neglected. ANTONYMS cared for. 3 a forlorn attempt: hopeless, vain, with no chance of success; useless, futile, pointless, purposeless, unavailing, nugatory; archaic bootless. ANTONYMS hopeful, sure-fire. WORD TOOLKIT See melancholy . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forlorn

forlorn adjective 1 she looked so forlorn that Maggie's heart lurched: unhappy, sad, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, wretched, abject, morose, regretful, broken-hearted, heartbroken, down, downcast, dispirited, downhearted, heavy-hearted, crestfallen, depressed, melancholy, blue, gloomy, glum, mournful, despairing, doleful, woebegone, woeful, tearful, long-faced, joyless, cheerless, out of sorts; pitiful, pitiable, heart-rending, piteous, pathetic, uncared-for; informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps, fed up; rare lachrymose. ANTONYMS happy. 2 Brooke End signal box was left to stand forlorn: desolate, deserted, abandoned, forsaken, forgotten, neglected. 3 his voice rose in a forlorn attempt to drown the racket: hopeless, with no chance of success, beyond hope; useless, futile, pointless, purposeless, vain, unavailing, nugatory; unsuccessful, failed; archaic bootless. WORD TOOLKIT forlorn See melancholy . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forlorn

for lorn /fə r lɔ́ː r n, fɔː r -/形容詞 1 〈人などが 〉寂しげな .2 〈場所が 〉さびれた, うらぶれた .3 見込みのない, 絶望的な ▸ in the forlorn hope of A [that 節 ]A […である ]というはかない望みを抱いて