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lugubrious, glum, despondent, dismal, dejected, dispirited,
low-spirited, comfortless, down, melancholy, dolorous,
sorrowful, mournful, inconsolable: She looked so fragile and
forlorn as she struggled to hold back her tears. 2 abandoned,
forsaken, deserted, neglected, shunned, outcast, alone, lonely,
lonesome, friendless, bereft: We came upon a forlorn little
village.
form n. 1 shape, configuration, conformation, order, organization,
arrangement, formation, construction, structure, construct,
frame, cut, cast, mould, pattern, appearance; manifestation:
The equipment in the playground was in a variety of geometric
forms. In what form will the jinnee appear next? 2 figure, body,
build, shape, physique, anatomy; silhouette, aspect, look,
appearance, profile, contour; carriage, bearing, attitude, pose,
Slang US bod, built: She has the form of a wrestler. 3 type,
kind, variety, sort, breed, species, genus, genre, character,
make, brand, colour, tone, tint, texture, fabric, material,
feather, description, manner, way, nature, style, stamp,
manifestation: What forms of life are not of divine origin? He
revelled in music in all its forms. 4 blank; model, format,
frame, framework, course, procedure, order, regimen, method,
system, ritual, formula, rule(s), practice, technique, way,
means, approach, mode, fashion, manner, style: Fill in the
application form in ink. Please follow the proper form when
submitting articles. 5 condition, state, shape, trim, fettle:
He seems in unusually good form tonight. 6 decorum, behaviour,
deportment, formality, ceremony, convention, etiquette, manners,
conduct, custom, protocol, propriety, ritual: Follow correct
form when writing to the king. Spitting is considered bad form.
--v. 7 make, fabricate, forge, shape, mould, fashion, produce,
turn out, manufacture, construct, assemble, put together, set
up, put up, build, erect, elevate, raise, put up; organize,
codify; develop: The architect takes the many elements and
forms them into a coherent whole. Have you formed an opinion of
the book? 8 create, originate, devise, invent, compose,
formulate, give form or shape, coin, concoct, conceive,
contrive, dream up, imagine, visualize, envisage, US envision:
His ideas of religion were formed when he was very young. A
picture of the battle was formed in my mind. 9 make up,
constitute, be made up of, comprise, be composed of; serve as:
This compound is formed of many elements. Six fugues formed the