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”).