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FORLORNNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does forlornness mean?

• FORLORNNESS (noun)
The noun FORLORNNESS has 1 sense:

1. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

Familiarity information: FORLORNNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FORLORNNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

forlornness; loneliness; desolation

Hypernyms ("forlornness" is a kind of...):

sadness; unhappiness (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)

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