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lorn

lorn

9.9
Being alone and abandoned, feeling sad and without help
  • adjective
  • /lɔrn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : 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
777 1.0

Feeling sad because you are alone and miss other people

expresses being abandoned or left without support rather than only sadness
lonesome
vslorn
24 3.9

A feeling of sadness because you are alone

is more about appearing abandoned or left behind than mere solitude
bereft
vslorn
  • Literature
19 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

Antonyms

accompanied
3.7

With other people present, not alone

How Lonely

desolate
11 6.7
lorn
  • Archaic
9.9
lonely
777 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'.