forlorn
/fəˈlɔːn/adjective
उच्चारण फ़लॉर्न
उदास, अकेला, बेसहारा
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- 1
(of a person) appearing lonely and unhappy
उदास, अकेला, बेसहारा
- a forlorn child at the station
- A forlorn puppy waited outside the closed shop.
- The forlorn old woman sat alone on the platform.
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- He looked forlorn when his friends left for the holidays.
- A forlorn figure stood at the gate in the rain.
- 2
[usually before noun]
not likely to succeed or happen
(आशा) निराशाजनक, असंभव
- a forlorn hope
- Hope of finding survivors grew forlorn after the third day.
- The rescuers made a forlorn attempt to reach the stranded climbers.
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- It was a forlorn hope, but she kept waiting for his reply.
- The team's forlorn chance of winning ended with the last wicket.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
for·lorn
With for- and -lorn (not 'fourlorn').
for- और अंत में -lorn ('fourlorn' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the lonely-sad words together: forlorn (lonely and unhappy), desolate (empty and sad), wretched (very unhappy), woebegone (looking very sad), disconsolate (very unhappy and impossible to comfort).
अकेलेपन और उदासी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: forlorn (अकेला और दुखी), desolate (खाली और उदास), wretched (बहुत दुखी), woebegone (बहुत उदास दिखने वाला), disconsolate (बहुत दुखी और जिसे सांत्वना न दी जा सके)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A forlorn hope (a plan that is almost certain to fail).
Collocation 'a forlorn hope' (लगभग निश्चित रूप से विफल होने वाली योजना)।