as in lonely
sad from lack of companionship or separation from others
lorn beyond all description, the widow struggled to cope with her crushing grief
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Recent Examples of lorn
Was this the best vantage from which to see the lorn, majestic island Skellig Michael (otherwise known as the home of middle-aged Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi )?
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Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lorn
lonely
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The patient thriller finds Agnes lonely in her seedy motel, with a phone that often rings, though the person on the other end of the line never speaks.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Namir Smallwood stars opposite Coon as Peter, a paranoid former soldier and mysterious drifter who meets her character Agnes, a lonely waitress.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Lorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lorn. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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