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100 Best Synonyms for “Forlorn”

September 4, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abandoned left alone and uncared for
2. aching full of emotional pain
3. adrift without support or direction
4. afflicted suffering greatly
5. alienated made to feel isolated
6. anguished showing severe emotional pain
7. beaten-down worn down by hardship
8. bereft deprived of something cherished
9. bleak cold, empty, and hopeless
10. bleakhearted full of bleak sadness
11. blue feeling sad
12. broken emotionally damaged
13. brokenhearted having intense emotional pain
14. careworn worn by worry
15. cast-off discarded and unwanted
16. cheerless without cheer or comfort
17. comfortless without comfort or hope
18. crestfallen embarrassed and disappointed
19. crushed emotionally devastated
20. dejected sad and dispirited
21. depressed very sad and low
22. deserted left empty or abandoned
23. desolate utterly lonely and miserable
24. despondent without hope; very low
25. discarded thrown away or abandoned
26. disconsolate unable to be comforted
27. dismal bleak and depressing
28. downcast sad and discouraged
29. empty emotionally hollow
30. estranged emotionally distant or separated
31. exposed left unprotected
32. flat without energy or feeling
33. forgotten no longer remembered or cared about
34. forsaken abandoned and neglected
35. friendless having no friends or support
36. gloomy darkly sad or depressed
37. glum quietly unhappy
38. grief-stricken overcome with grief
39. grim harshly sad or bleak
40. hapless unlucky and pitiful
41. hard-done-by badly treated and pitied
42. harrowed deeply distressed
43. heartbroken overwhelmed by grief
44. heartsick deeply saddened
45. heavy-hearted feeling deep sadness
46. hollow empty inside emotionally
47. hopeless feeling no hope
48. ill-fated marked by misfortune
49. inconsolable unable to be comforted
50. isolated cut off from others
51. joyless without joy
52. lifeless without vitality or feeling
53. listless lacking energy or spirit
54. lonely sad from being alone
55. lonesome feeling lonely
56. lost without direction or belonging
57. lovelorn sad from unreturned love
58. low feeling depressed
59. luckless unlucky and unfortunate
60. melancholy sad in a thoughtful way
61. miserable very unhappy and distressed
62. morose sullenly gloomy
63. mournful expressing sorrow
64. neglected not cared for properly
65. numb unable to feel much
66. oppressed weighed down mentally
67. orphaned left without parents
68. outcast rejected by a group
69. pathetic pitifully sad
70. piteous arousing pity through sadness
71. pitiful deserving pity
72. plaintive sadly expressive
73. rootless without belonging or stability
74. sad feeling unhappy
75. shattered emotionally devastated
76. sick at heart deeply distressed
77. somber darkly serious and sad
78. sorrowful full of sorrow
79. soul-sick deeply unhappy in spirit
80. spiritless without energy or enthusiasm
81. stricken deeply affected by sorrow
82. tearful full of tears
83. tearstained marked by crying
84. troubled worried and unhappy
85. undone emotionally overwhelmed
86. unfortunate marked by bad circumstances
87. unhappy not happy; sorrowful
88. unmoored without emotional anchor
89. unprotected without protection or support
90. unsupported lacking help or backing
91. unwanted not desired or welcomed
92. vulnerable open to harm or hurt
93. wearied tired in spirit
94. wistful sadly longing
95. woe-struck hit by sorrow
96. woebegone showing deep sadness and misery
97. woeful full of sorrow
98. world-weary tired and disillusioned
99. worn exhausted and sad
100. wretched deeply unhappy or unfortunate
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