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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries처량한
Pronunciation / Transliteration: cheoryanghan
"그는 처량한 표정으로 의자에 앉아 있었다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Perfectly wretched, miserable, or desolate, often through desertion or abandonment.
"She looked a forlorn figure sitting alone at the bus stop in the rain." - 2
Unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; hopeless.
"They made a forlorn attempt to rescue the trapped cat from the high tree."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Old English 'forloren', past participle of 'forleosan' meaning 'to lose utterly, abandon', of Germanic origin.
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처량한
Transliteration: cheoryanghan
"그는 처량한 표정으로 의자에 앉아 있었다."
みじめな
Transliteration: mijime na
"彼女は雨の中でみじめな姿で立っていた。"
laissé pour compte
Transliteration: lesse pour komt
"Il se sentait totalement abandonné et forlorn dans cette grande ville."
verlassen
Transliteration: verlassen
"Das verlassene Haus stand am Ende der Straße."
desolato
Transliteration: desolato
"Il cane randagio aveva un aspetto molto desolato."
desamparado
Transliteration: desamparado
"El niño miraba por la ventana con una expresión desamparada."
abandonado
Transliteration: abandonado
"A casa velha parecia triste e abandonada."
असहाय
Transliteration: asahaya
"वह भीड़ में बिल्कुल असहाय महसूस कर रहा था।"
孤苦伶仃
Transliteration: gūkǔ língdīng
"他在寒风中显得孤苦伶仃。"
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