forlorn
adjective [before noun] (UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED) /fəˈlɔːn/
/fɚˈlɔːrn/ Definition
› very unlikely to be achieved or to succeed: Their only hope now is that the outside world will intervene but it is an increasingly forlorn hope. She appeared on daytime TV in a forlorn attempt to persuade the public of her innocence.Not hopeful
(Definition of forlorn adjective (UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in a funk idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- bleak adjective
- defeatist adjective
- dejected adjective
- despair verb
- dim adjective (NOT POSITIVE)
- downcast adjective (UNHAPPY)
- downhearted adjective
- gloom noun (WITHOUT HOPE)
- gloomy adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- glum adjective
- grim adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- hopeless adjective
- hopelessly adverb
- not give much for sb's chances idiom
- not have a hope in hell idiom
- pessimism noun
- pessimistic adjective
- prophet of doom idiom
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Not hopeful
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