Associations to the word «Forlornness»

Wiktionary

FORLORNNESS, noun. The state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.

Dictionary definition

FORLORNNESS, noun. Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats