Definition of "forlorn" in Englisch

adjective

1. Abandoned, deserted, left behind.

2. Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.

3. Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

noun

1. A forlorn hope.

2. A member of a forlorn hope.

verb

1. (obsolete) past participle of forlese.