forlorn vs houseless

forlorn

• Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken. 

• Abandoned, deserted, left behind. 

• Unlikely to succeed; hopeless. 

• A forlorn hope. 

• A member of a forlorn hope. 

houseless

• lacking or in need of a house or home 

• homeless but not wanting for local ties, affiliations or roots in a particular community.