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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rejected, renounced, secluded, single, solitary, troglodytic, unattended, unbefriended, uncherished, unsocial, withdrawn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

Antonyms:

close, frequented, inhabited
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: bleak
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressing

Synonyms:

black, cheerless, comfortless, dark, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, drear, dreary, funereal, gloomy, grim, hard, harsh, hopeless, joyless, lonely, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, unpromising

Antonyms:

cheerful, comforting, congenial, encouraging, nice, pleasant
Main Entry: desert
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: barren, uncultivated

Synonyms:

arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, untilled, waste, wild
Notes: that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them

Antonyms:

cultivated, fertile, productive
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

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: 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
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