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forlornness

noun as in desolation

noun as in loneliness

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Example Sentences

"I don't know more than half the population of New England," said Dan, with apparent levity, but real forlornness.

She had clung to his arm with a tragic forlornness that seemed to leave her very wan and helpless.

My grief and forlornness have made a strange alteration in my former feelings about his coming back.

When they met he yielded to an impulse which the invalid's forlornness inspired, and went on to see him off.

At length Ellis came bustling along; and even she was a welcome sight to poor Morag in her forlornness.

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On this page you'll find 192 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forlornness, such as: bleakness, devastation, isolation, loneliness, solitude, and bareness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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