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Another word for lonely

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Adjective

  1. Lacking the company of others

    See also:

    include

  2. Empty of people

    See also:

    full

  3. Far from centers of human population

    Idioms:
    See also:

    near

  4. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone

    See also:

    happy

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Another word for lonely

Modifier

  1. Without company

    See also:

    homesick

    Antonyms:

  2. Inaccessible or unfrequented

    See also:

    alone

    isolated

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Sentence Examples

  • It gets lonely out there all by myself.

  • It gets lonely out here.

  • Their house was lonely, and a little scary without them.

  • Strange, it had never seemed lonely here before.

  • She stared into the pool, remembering a lonely childhood.

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