forlornness

8.2

A feeling of deep sadness and loneliness when you are left alone

noun
/fɔrˈlɔrn.nəs/

: desolación

A lonesome ghost of forlornness still vibrated from the dust and wood.

Examples

I don't think it's haunted, although I am certain several nearby are haunted by the way they're designed and a certain forlornness.

Blog text (7)
A French Sahara explorer once said, "The desert is probably the most intensely loved landscape on our earth," (n2) but that love is mixed with the anxiety that the forlornness of the setting occasions.

Academic text (1993)
After being left alone in the empty house, a sense of forlornness washed over her.
He sat on the park bench, feeling the deep forlornness of being forgotten by everyone.
The child's forlornness was evident as he watched his friends play without him.

Synonyms

loneliness

vsforlornness

141 2.3

A sad feeling when you are alone and feel separate from others

is a deeper sadness often tied to being abandoned or neglected

desolation

vsforlornness

3 7.6

A feeling of deep sadness and emptiness after being left alone

is focused on sorrow and lonely neglect rather than mainly empty feeling

forsakenness

vsforlornness

9.3

A feeling of being left completely alone and unwanted

is the emotional pain and lonely sadness felt after neglect or abandonment

Antonyms

happiness

970 1.0

A feeling of pleasure and being satisfied

companionship

65 2.9

A pleasant feeling of being with someone and not alone

How Sad

despair

210 3.5

hopelessness

28 4.1

forlornness

8.2

sadness

229 1.0

Surface Forms

forlornness singular

forlornnesses plural

Morphology

forlornness = forlorn (transparent) = forlorn + ness

Standard nominalization from the adjective 'forlorn' indicating the state or quality of being forlorn.

Etymology

Forlornness comes from the parts for- and lorn, where for- adds force and lorn once meant 'lost' long ago. So forlornness is like feeling 'completely lost' or left alone, which explains why it means deep sadness and loneliness.