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Definition of Forlornness
1. Noun. Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned.
Generic synonyms: Sadness, Unhappiness
Derivative terms: Desolate, Lonely
Definition of Forlornness
1. n. State of being forlorn.
Definition of Forlornness
1. Noun. The state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forlornness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forlornness
Literary usage of Forlornness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"The inability to understand the language, and to decipher a single inscription
on street corners and shops, gives one also a feeling of forlornness and ..."
2. Euripides, the Rationalist: A Study in the History of Arts and Religion by Arthur Woollgar Verrall (1895)
"After the burial, in the cold forlornness of his return to the house, he vividly
depicts the advantage which malice would take of him, and the effect that ..."
3. Alaska, the Great Country by Ella Higginson (1908)
"The feeling of forlornness with which, after years of anticipation, ... It was
the forlornness of a child who has been robbed of her Santa Glaus, ..."
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