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lorn

lorn

1 9.9
Being alone and abandoned, feeling sad and without help
  • adjective
  • /lɔrn/
  • Archaic
: desolado
  • She gazed out the window with a lorn expression, missing her family.

Examples

  • A lorn dog wandered the deserted streets after the storm.

  • She felt lorn after her friends left for the summer.

  • The lorn cottage stood empty at the edge of the moor.

  • The lorn child sat alone in the park.

  • The lorn child sat alone on the swing, watching other kids play.

  • After moving to a new city, he felt lorn and disconnected from everyone.

  • The lorn figure at the bus stop seemed lost and forgotten.

Synonyms

lonely
vslorn
829 1.0

Feeling sad because you are alone and miss other people

expresses being abandoned or left without support rather than only sadness
bereft
vslorn
  • Literature
17 7.5

Feeling very sad and alone because someone you love or something important is missing

focuses on being abandoned or forsaken rather than loss or deprivation
lonesome
vslorn
14 3.9

A feeling of sadness because you are alone

is more about appearing abandoned or left behind than mere solitude

Antonyms

accompanied
33 3.7

With other people present, not alone

How Lonely

desolate
12 6.7
lorn
  • Archaic
1 9.9
lonely
829 1.0
alone
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

lorn positive

Etymology

Lorn comes from an old English word that meant 'lost'. It is the same root as forlorn and is related to lose, so lorn keeps the idea of being left behind, lonely, or 'abandoned'.