English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] forlorn [ADJ] เหงาหงอยและสิ้นหวัง, Syn. lonely, miseable, unhappy, Ant. cheerful; happy

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates] forlorn (ฟอร์ลอร์น') adj. โดดเดี่ยว,เปล่าเปลี่ยว,ถูกทอดทิ้ง,ไม่มีเพื่อนฝูง,ไม่มีความสุข,น่าสงสาร,ระทมทุกข์,สิ้นหวัง,สิ้นเนื้อประดาตัว., S. . forlornly adv. forlornness n., S. pitiful,-A. cheerful

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary forlorn (adj) ถูกทอดทิ้ง,เปล่าเปลี่ยว,โดดเดี่ยว,เดียวดาย,สิ้นหวัง

Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] ความหวังลมๆ แล้งๆ [N] forlorn hope, Example: ผมได้แต่ตั้งความหวังลมๆ แล้งๆ ว่าสักวันหนึ่งท่านคงเข้าใจผม, Thai definition: สิ่งที่คาดหวังซึ่งเลื่อนลอย ไม่ทราบว่าจะเป็นไปดังที่หวังหรือไม่

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) forlorn (j) (f @1 l oo1 n) forlornly (a) (f @1 l oo1 n l ii) forlornness (n) - (f @1 l oo1 n - n @ s)

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary FORLORN F ER0 L AO1 R N

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary Verzweifelung {f} forlornness [Add to Longdo] trist (Gegend) {adj} forlorn [Add to Longdo] verlassen {adv} forlornly [Add to Longdo]

Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forlorn \For*lorn"\, a. [OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly,
     AS. forle['o]san (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + le['o]san (in
     comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw.
     f["o]rlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See
     {For-}, and {Lorn}, a., {Lose}, v. t.]
     1. Deserted; abandoned; lost.
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              Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. --Spenser.
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              Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched;
        miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
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              For here forlorn and lost I tread.    --Goldsmith.
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              The condition of the besieged in the mean time was
              forlorn in the extreme.               --Prescott.
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              She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still
              living.                               --Thomson.
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     {A forlorn hope} [D. verloren hoop, prop., a lost band or
        troop; verloren, p. p. of verliezen to lose + hoop band;
        akin to E. heap. See {For-}, and {Heap}.] (Mil.), a body
        of men (called in F. {enfants perdus}, in G. {verlornen
        posten}) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a
        breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other
        extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case
        or enterprise.
  
     Syn: Destitute, lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary;
          helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched;
          miserable; pitiable.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forlese \For*lese"\, v. t. [p. p. {Forlore}, {Forlorn}.] [OE.
     forlesen. See {Forlorn}.]
     To lose utterly. [Obs.] --haucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forlorn \For*lorn"\, n.
     1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
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              Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn. --Shak.
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     2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.]
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              Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the
              enemy.                                --Oliver
                                                    Cromvell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  forlorn
      adj 1: pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment;
             "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn" [syn:
             {desolate}, {godforsaken}, {lorn}]
      2: marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn
         attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

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