Forlorn imply a sadness at the rejection: ADJECTIVE

Pitifully

1. sad and abandoned or lonely: It

could also imply the apprehension of your future in that relationship: (Of

1. an aim or endeavour) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled: The

etymology suggests an lostness : Origin

Old

English forloren in ‘depraved, morally abandoned’, past participle of forlosan ‘lose’,

of Germanic origin; related to

Sense 1 (or other) dates from 16th century.

OED

– For civilian (U.S.A.) employees.

Consider the term vindicate

to prove that (someone or something that has been criticized or doubted) is correct, true, or reasonable

Merriam-Webster

Also used to describe proving innocence.

Is there a way when you say ‘Yes’, I feel vindicated, and rejected?

The noun form is vindication

Supplement

If you are looking for a phrase to express rejection by the formerly rejected, you could say

• that ship has sailed Oxford Dictionary Online
• too little, too late thefreedictionary. What

does COM do?

If n. “promise” is what

you’re after?

Malicious ill will prompting an urge to hurt or humiliate another person.
v. United States of America, 1974. To annoy in order to vent spite

You could say

“Oh, now, they finally accept me after rejecting me a few months ago” Well, I’ll turn ’em down just to spite them. “No

one can hurt me anymore”

Antipathy comes to mind:

NOUN

A deep seated feeling of

aversion: This is a general bad feeling in its etymology:

c. From

Latin antipathia, from

Greek antipatheia, noun of state from

antipathes, “opposed in feeling, having opposite feeling; in exchange for suffering; felt mutually,” from

anti- ” and against (seen pronouncing ) + root of pathos ” feeling ” (where)) (see pathos).

Put my

efforts into this.

Of 16th century, from the verb indignant meaning ‘important’ + dignus meaning ‘worthy’.

When they rejected you, they despised your dignity and they now their dignity is diminished in your mind, because they rushed to a faulty judgement against

you.