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LONESOME

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Main Entry: lonesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: forlorn, friendless

Synonyms:

alone, cheerless, companionless, deserted, desolate, dreary, gloomy, homesick, isolated, lone, lonely, solitary
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, unlonesome
Main Entry: alone
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: separate; apart

Synonyms:

abandoned, batching it, by itself/oneself, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, hermit, in solitary, individual, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, me and my shadow, me myself and I, on one's own, onliest, only, shag, single, sole, solitary, solo, stag, traveling light, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattached, unattended, unescorted, unmarried, widowed

Antonyms:

together
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: desolate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressed, despondent

Synonyms:

abandoned, acheronian, bereft, black, bleak, blue, cheerless, comfortless, companionless, dejected, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, down, downcast, forlorn, forsaken, funereal, gloomy, hurting, in a blue funk, inconsolable, joyless, lonely, lonesome, lorn, melancholy, miserable, somber, tragic, wretched

Antonyms:

cheerful, happy, pleased
Main Entry: dismal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bleak, dreary, gloomy

Synonyms:

afflictive, black, boring, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, dim, dingy, disagreeable, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, dull, forlorn, frowning, funereal, ghastly, gruesome, hopeless, horrible, horrid, in the pits, inauspicious, joyless, lonesome, lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, monotonous, morbid, murky, oppressive, overcast, sad, shadowy, somber, sorrowful, tedious, tenebrous, troublesome, unfortunate, unhappy

Antonyms:

bright, cheerful, glad, happy, hopeful, light, pleasant
Main Entry: dreary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: gloomy, lifeless

Synonyms:

black, blah, bleak, boring, cheerless, colorless, comfortless, damp, depressing, depressive, dingy, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, drab, dull, forlorn, funereal, glum, humdrum, joyless, lonely, lonesome, melancholy, monotonous, mournful, oppressive, pedestrian, raw, routine, sad, somber, sorrowful, tedious, uneventful, uninteresting, wearisome, windy, wintry, wretched

Antonyms:

bright, clear, happy, light, pleasant
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

Antonyms:

cheerful, comforted, consolable, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased
Main Entry: friendless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without companionship or confidant

Synonyms:

abandoned, adrift, alienated, all alone, all by one's self, alone, cut off*, deserted, estranged, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, marooned, ostracized, shunned, solitary, unattached, without ties

Antonyms:

attached, befriended, beloved, liked, loved
Main Entry: isolated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unique; private

Synonyms:

abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado, lonely, lonesome, off beaten track, out-of-the-way, outlying, random, remote, retired, screened, secluded, segregated, sequestered, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unfrequented, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn

Antonyms:

included, incorporated, mingling, public
Main Entry: lone
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: by oneself; only

Synonyms:

abandoned, alone, deserted, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, one, onliest, particular, secluded, separate, separated, single, singular, sole, solitary, solo, stag, unaccompanied, unique

Antonyms:

accompanied, along, together
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