Forlornness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being forlorn; destitution; misery; a forsaken or wretched condition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. State of being forlorn.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
  • Word Usage
    "{226} (1) While making all allowance for the feeling of insignificance and forlornness which is apt to overwhelm us when we begin to realise the immensity of the material universe, a little closer thought should make it obvious that nothing in the nature of mere bulk or bigness furnishes even a reasonable presumption, let alone a convincing argument, against the survival of the soul; it is indeed difficult to perceive what legitimate bearing these physical phenomena are supposed to have upon a purely spiritual question."
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