Forlorn

a. [A-S. forloren, p. p. of forleósan, to lose, from for and leósan, to go; Dan. forloren, p. p. of forlore, Sw. förlora, Ger. & D. verloren, p. p. of verlieren, verliezen, to lose, q. v.] 1. Deserted; abandoned; lost. Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Hubberd. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak. 2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; despicable. For here forlorn and lost I tread. Goldsmith. The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme. Prescott. Syn.—Destitute; lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary; helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched; miserable; pitiable.