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| Main Entry: | lonely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeling friendless, forlorn |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, apart, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left, lone, lonesome, outcast, reclusive, rejected, secluded, single, solitary, unattended, withdrawn, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, estranged, renounced, troglodytic, unbefriended, uncherished, unsocial |
| 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: | loved, befriended, unlonely |
| Main Entry: | lonely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way |
| Synonyms: | alone, deserted, desolate, godforsaken, isolated, obscure, private, quiet, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, solitary, uninhabited, off the beaten track, sequestered, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | close, inhabited, frequented |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren, uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, waste, wild, untilled |
| Antonyms: | fertile, productive, cultivated |
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, left, lonely, neglected, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant, left in the lurch, left stranded, lorn, relinquished |
| Antonyms: | busy, crowded, populous, populated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dreary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gloomy, lifeless |
| Synonyms: | black, blah, bleak, boring, cheerless, colorless, damp, depressing, dingy, dismal, 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, comfortless, depressive, dispiriting |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, happy, light, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | forlorn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless, inconsolable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, dragging*, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken*, helpless, homeless, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, woebegone, wretched, comfortless, down and out, in the dumps, pitiable, weighed down |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased, comforted, consolable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
| Synonyms: | cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken*, isolated, jilted, lonely, outcast, solitary, disowned, ignored, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lorn, marooned, thrown over |
| Antonyms: | helped, wanted, cherished, nurtured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | godforsaken |
| 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: | homesick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nostalgic |
| Synonyms: | hankering, heartsick, lonely, missing, wistful, yearning, longing for home |
| 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, out-of-the-way*, outlying, random, remote, retired, secluded, segregated, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn, off beaten track, screened, sequestered, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | included, incorporated, public, mingling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | by oneself; only |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, deserted, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, one, particular, secluded, separate, separated, single, singular, sole, solitary, solo, unaccompanied, unique, onliest, stag |
| Antonyms: | along, together, accompanied |
| Main Entry: | lonesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forlorn, friendless |
| Synonyms: | alone, cheerless, deserted, desolate, dreary, gloomy, homesick, isolated, lone, lonely, solitary, companionless |
| Antonyms: | loved, befriended, unlonesome |
| Main Entry: | out of the way |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
| Synonyms: | backwoods, distant, far-flung, faraway, godforsaken, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, obscure, outer, outermost, outlying, peripheral, remote, off the beaten track, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | accessible, handy, near |
| Main Entry: | secluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated, sheltered |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, aloof, cloistered, close, closet, confidential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, out-of-the-way*, personal, private, quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, secret, segregated, shy, singular, solitary, unapproachable, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn, beleaguered, blockaded, off the beaten track, screened, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, shut off, tucked away, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | open, public, sociable, joining, mingling, socializing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solitary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alone, single; unsociable |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, cloistered, deserted, desolate, distant, forsaken, friendless, hidden, individual, introverted, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, misanthropic, only, out-of-the-way*, particular, reclusive, remote, reserved, retired, secluded, separate, singular, sole, solo, standoffish, unaccompanied, unapproachable, unattended, unique, withdrawn, companionless, eremetic, hermitical, lorn, offish, sequestered, stag, uncompanionable, unfrequented, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | combined, sociable, together, accompanied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, ruined, solitary, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild, lorn, unfrequented |
| Antonyms: | used, cultivated, populated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remote |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way; in the distance |
| Synonyms: | alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks*, devious, distant, far, far-flung, faraway, foreign, frontier, godforsaken*, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, off the beaten path*, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retired, secluded, secret, unknown, unsettled, wild, far-off, god-knows-where, in a backwater, middle of nowhere, off-lying, undiscovered |
| Antonyms: | close, convenient, near, nearby |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bleak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing |
| Synonyms: | black, cheerless, dark, discouraging, dismal, dreary, funereal, gloomy, grim, hard, harsh, hopeless, joyless, lonely, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, comfortless, disheartening, drear, unpromising |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, comforting, congenial, encouraging, nice, pleasant |
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