forlornness

Variant of forlorn

adjective

  1. abandoned or deserted
    1. lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
    2. without hope; desperate
  2. bereft or deprived (of)

Origin: ME forloren < OE, pp. of forleosan, to lose utterly: see for- & lose

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