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forlorn

Posted on December 15, 2023December 7, 2023 by Wordsmyth

adjective

desolate or unhappy, as from abandonment or weariness.
The new kid looked somewhat forlorn sitting by himself in the cafeteria.
The exhausted and forlorn prisoners marched back to the prison.

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