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forlorn

adjective
  1. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone: desolate, lonely, lonesome, lorn. See happy
  2. Having been given up and left alone: abandoned, bereft, derelict, deserted, desolate, forsaken, lorn. See keep
  3. Empty of people: deserted, desolate, godforsaken, lonely, lonesome, unfrequented. See full
  4. Having lost all hope: despairing, desperate, despondent, hopeless. See hope

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