Synonyms for lorn
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lawrn |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɔrn |
Top 10 synonyms for lorn Other synonyms for the word lorn
- deserted
- desolate
- destitute
- discarded
- disconsolate
- dissipated
- down
- dropped
- dumped
- eighty-sixed
- eliminated
- empty
- estranged
- forgotten
- forlorn
- forsaken
- given up
- godforsaken
- homeless
- isolated
- jilted
- left
- left in the cold
- left in the lurch
- lone
- lonesome
- neglected
- on the rocks
- outcast
- passed up
- pigeon-holed
- reclusive
- rejected
- relinquished
- renounced
- secluded
- shunned
- side-tracked
- sidelined
- single
- solitary
- troglodytic
- unattended
- unbefriended
- uncherished
- unoccupied
- unsocial
- vacant
- vacated
- withdrawn
Définition of lorn
Origin :- (archaic) c.1300, "lost, ruined," from Old English loren, past participle of leosan "to lose" (see lose). Meaning "abandoned, left alone" is from late 15c. Cf. forlorn.
- adj lonely
- adj abandoned
- But the corries of Lorn; black night on them, and the rain rot!
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- I'm a lone, lorn grass-widow, dear, but I will not sleep in my stays.
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- John at once noticed her lorn, abstracted looks, pitied her,—how much he pitied her!
- Extract from : « The Trumpet-Major » by Thomas Hardy
- She learned it from a servant in Lorn, who sung to her when she was a girl.
- Extract from : « The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 » by Various
- The other was founder of the family of the MacDougalls of Lorn.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10) » by John Gibson Lockhart.
- Certainly, none could have been kinder to a lone, lorn female than were they.
- Extract from : « An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah » by Beth Ellis
- John of Lorn then sent forward five of his stoutest men to take Bruce.
- Extract from : « King Robert the Bruce » by A. F. Murison
- Sometimes in the spring of the year the winds from Lorn have it their own way with the Highlands.
- Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
- How could I expect to be wanted, being so lone and lorn, and so contrary!'
- Extract from : « David Copperfield » by Charles Dickens
- I know how 'tis; I know you think that I am lone and lorn; but, deary love, 'tan't so no more!
- Extract from : « David Copperfield » by Charles Dickens
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