different between scorned vs forlorn

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sk??nd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sk??nd/

Adjective

scorned (comparative more scorned, superlative most scorned)

1. Hated, despised, or avoided.

   Zucchini and cauliflower seem to be widely scorned vegetables.

Translations

Verb

scorned

1. simple past tense and past participle of scorn

Related terms

• hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

Anagrams

• Codners, Conders, conders, corsned, reconds

English

Etymology

From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forl?osan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusan? (“to lose”), equivalent to for- +? lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”),German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??l??n/, /f??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f???l??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Hyphenation: for?lorn

Adjective

forlorn (comparative forlorner or more forlorn, superlative forlornest or most forlorn)

1. Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
2. Miserable, as when lonely after being abandoned.

   Synonym: forsaken
3. Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.

Alternative forms

• forlorne (obsolete)

Derived terms

• forlornling
• forlornness
• forlornly

Related terms

• forlorn hope
• lovelorn

Translations

Noun

forlorn (plural forlorns) (military)

1. A forlorn hope.
2. A member of a forlorn hope.

Verb

forlorn

1. (obsolete) past participle of forlese.