forlorn
adjective/fərˈlɔrn/
Frequency rank: #15,272 most common English word
Meaning
Feeling lonely, abandoned, or hopeless; pitifully sad.
Example sentence
She sat alone on the bench, looking forlorn after everyone else had gone home.
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