forlorn

/fər-ˈlȯrn/

Middle English forloren, from Old English, past participle of forlēosan to lose, from for- + lēosan to lose

adjective

  1. bereft, forsaken

  2. sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion : desolate

  3. being in poor condition : miserable, wretched

left quite forlorn of hope

a forlorn landscape

alone solitary lonely lonesome lone forlorn desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. solitary may indicate isolation as a chosen course

noun

  1. a body of men selected to perform a perilous service

  2. a desperate or extremely difficult enterprise