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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desolate |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, backward, deserted, dismal, distant, empty, forgotten, forlorn, gloomy, isolated, lonely, miserable, neglected, out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, wicked |
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, left, left in the lurch, left stranded, lonely, lorn, neglected, relinquished, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant |
| Antonyms: | busy, crowded, populated, populous |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unused, barren |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert, destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, lorn, ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | cultivated, populated, used |
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | containing nothing |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, despoiled, destitute, devoid, dry, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken, hollow, lacking, stark, unfilled, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, vacated, vacuous, void, wanting, waste |
| Antonyms: | complete, entire, filled, full, replete, sated, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | forlorn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless, inconsolable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, comfortless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, down and out, dragging, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken, helpless, homeless, in the dumps, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiable, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, weighed down, woebegone, wretched |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, comforted, consolable, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
| Synonyms: | cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken, ignored, isolated, jilted, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lonely, lorn, marooned, outcast, solitary, thrown over |
| Antonyms: | cherished, helped, nurtured, wanted |
| Main Entry: | lonely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeling friendless, forlorn |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, apart, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, estranged, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left, lone, lonesome, outcast, reclusive, rejected, renounced, secluded, single, solitary, troglodytic, unattended, unbefriended, uncherished, unsocial, withdrawn |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | befriended, loved, unlonely |
| Main Entry: | lonely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way |
| Synonyms: | alone, deserted, desolate, godforsaken, isolated, obscure, off the beaten track, private, quiet, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | close, frequented, inhabited |
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute, shabby |
| Synonyms: | abject, bad, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, godforsaken, impoverished, indigent, inferior, lamentable, low, meager, mean, needy, paltry, pathetic, penniless, piteous, pitiable, poor, poverty-stricken, sad, scanty, scurvy, shameful, sordid, sorry, squalid, tragic, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Antonyms: | generous, rich, wealthy |
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