Hyphenation
for·lornTurkish pronunciation
fırlôrnSynonyms
forsaken,
abandoned,
alone,
bereft,
blue,
cheerless,
comfortless,
cynical,
defenseless,
depressed,
deserted,
desolate,
despairing,
desperate,
despondentPronunciation
/fərˈlôrn/ /fɜrˈlɔːrn/
Etymology
[ f&r-'lorn, for- ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Old English forloren, past participle of forleosan (“to lose completely or to be obliterated to a shell, a blitz of carnage”). Compare to German verlieren (“to lose”), German/Dutch verloren (“lost”) and Swedish förlora (“to lose”).