Forlorn vs Brokenhearted - What's the difference?
forlorn | brokenhearted | Synonyms |
(obsolete)
Abandoned, left behind, deserted.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
Miserable, as when lonely being abandoned.
* (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
* (1796-1859)
* (Mowbray Thomson) (1832-1917)
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss or repudiation of a romantic relationship.
Forlorn is a synonym of brokenhearted.
As adjectives the difference between forlorn and brokenhearted
is that forlorn is abandoned, left behind, deserted while brokenhearted is grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss or repudiation of a romantic relationship.As a verb forlorn
is (obsolete).forlorn
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en-adj)- Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn .
- Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
- For here forlorn and lost I tread.
- The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme.
- She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living in captivity
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}