noun
- the state of being sad, lonely, and abandoned; a feeling of hopelessness and despair
Usage: uncountable noun; formal or literary
Examples
- The forlornness in her eyes suggested she had lost all hope.
- After everyone left the party, a sense of forlornness settled over him.
- The abandoned house had an air of forlornness about it.
- She felt a deep forlornness when she realized she had no one to turn to.
- The forlornness of the empty streets at midnight was unsettling.
- His forlornness gradually faded as he made new friends at school.