| Main Entry: |
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| 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withdrawn
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| 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
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