Synonyms:
forlorn
Meaning: marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"
Usage examples
The little Wizard seemed to think that this was rather a forlorn hope.
But the bird uttered only a forlorn little cry, and hid his head again under his wings.
"Don't torture a poor forlorn wretch," he implored them, with a dreadful cry; "but give me my work!
O Simon Magus, O forlorn disciples, Ye who the things of God, which ought to be The brides of holiness, rapaciously
The haste of the column to reach the battle seemed to the forlorn young man to be something much finer than stout fighting.
Forlorn and hopeless, Graciosa dared not now call upon Percinet; she doubted if he still loved her enough to come to her aid.
There did he leave her pregnant and forlorn; Such sin unto such punishment condemns him, And also for Medea is vengeance done.
"I promise," he said. "Only," he added, looking bewildered and already somewhat forlorn, "what happens when I do hit three times?"
She had a strong imagination; there was almost more imagination than there was Sara, and her whole forlorn, uncared-for child-life was made up of imaginings.
The fretful children were crying in their cradles; the horse destined for the knacker dozed forlorn in the field of his imprisonment; the cats waited stealthily in corners for the coming night.