Antonyms for forlornness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fawr-lawrn

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈlɔrn

Definition of forlornness

Origin : mid-12c., forloren "disgraced, depraved," past participle of obsolete forlesan "be deprived of, lose, abandon," from Old English forleosan "to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin," from for- "completely" + leosan "to lose" (see lose). In the Mercian hymns, Latin perditionis is glossed by Old English forlorenisse.
Sense of "forsaken, abandoned" is 1530s; that of "wretched, miserable" first recorded 1580s. A common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon farilosan, Old Frisian urliasa, Middle Dutch verliesen, Dutch verliezen, Old High German virliosan, German verlieren, Gothic fraliusan "to lose").
Commonly in forlorn hope (1570s), which is a partial translation of Dutch verloren hoop, in which hoop means "troop, band," literally "heap," and the sense of the whole phrase is of a suicide mission. The phrase is usually used incorrectly in English, and the misuse has colored the sense of forlorn. Related: Forlornly; forlornness.

As in loneliness : noun isolation
As in sadness : noun unhappiness, depression
As in downheartedness : noun gloom
As in dreariness : noun gloominess
As in hopelessness : noun despair
As in desolation : noun uninhabitated area; barrenness
As in despair : noun depression, hopelessness

Example sentences :

We had subjected ourselves to all this forlornness simply for pleasure.
Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Charles Dudley Warner

He was obsessed by the solitary idea of his own forlornness.
Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson

The old sense of forlornness, of being alone and uncared for, returned to her.
Extract from : « Little Lost Sister » by Virginia Brooks

Though one had a pity for his forlornness, there was still an admiration.
Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall

"Troth, it serves me nothing," she said, with a forlornness he could not understand.
Extract from : « Captain Ravenshaw » by Robert Neilson Stephens

But there were no tears in her eyes, no forlornness in her voice.
Extract from : « The Grain Of Dust » by David Graham Phillips

All about her seemed elastic; depression, fear, forlornness, were withdrawn.
Extract from : « Shirley » by Charlotte Bront

Still her despair and forlornness weighed upon her more and more.
Extract from : « Geoffrey Hampstead » by Thomas Stinson Jarvis

The forlornness of the bookcase gave a stricken air to the whole room.
Extract from : « Hilda Lessways » by Arnold Bennett

They loved to be near one another that their forlornness might pain them less.
Extract from : « A Love Episode » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for forlornness

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