Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - forlorn
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Forlorn
forlorn
adjective Etymology: Middle English forloren, from Old English, past participle of forleosan to lose, from for- + leosan to lose — more at lose Date: before 12th century 1. a. bereft, forsaken left quite ~ of hope b. sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion ; desolate a ~ landscape 2. being in poor condition ; miserable, wretched ~ tumbledown buildings 3. nearly hopeless a ~ attempt Synonyms: see alone • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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1.
adj. 1 sad and abandoned or lonely. 2 in a pitiful state; of wretched appearance. 3 desperate, hopeless, forsaken. Phrases and idioms forlorn hope 1 a faint remaining hope or chance. 2 a desperate enterprise. Derivatives forlornly adv. forlornness n. Etymology: past part. of obs. forlese f. OE forleosan (as FOR-, LOSE): forlorn hope f. Du. verloren hoop lost troop, orig. of a storming-party etc. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. возв. жалкий, несчастный he had a forlorn look on his face —- у него было очень жалкое выражение лица 2. заброшенный; покинутый, оставленный; одинокий 3. потерявший надежду; отчаявшийся a forlorn attempt —- безнадежная (обреченная на неудачу) попытка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
hope а) очень слабая надежда б) безнадежное предприятие also mil. в) mil. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель FORLORN adj. obs.; poet. несчастный, заброшенный; одинокий, покинутый - forlorn hope Syn: see lonely ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
1. If someone is forlorn, they feel alone and unhappy. (LITERARY) One of the demonstrators, a young woman, sat forlorn on the pavement... ADJ: ADJ n, v-link ADJ, ADJ after v 2. A forlorn hope or attempt is one that you think has no chance of success. Peasants have left the land in the forlorn hope of finding a better life in cities. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj 1 seeming lonely and unhappy (a forlorn little figure sitting outside the station) 2 a place that is forlorn seems empty and sad, and is often in bad condition (The house looked old and forlorn.) 3 a forlorn hope something you hope for that is very unlikely to happen (We continued negotiating in the forlorn hope of finding a peace formula.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- pp. of obsolete forlesan "be deprived of, lose, abandon," from O.E. forleosan, from for- "completely" + leosan "to lose." Originally "forsaken, abandoned," sense of "wretched, miserable" first recorded 1582. Commonly in forlorn hope, which is a partial translation of Du. verloren hoop, in which hoop means "troop, band," lit. "heap," and the sense of the whole phrase is of a suicide mission. The phrase is usually used incorrectly in Eng., and the misuse has colored the sense of forlorn. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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