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lonely
Unhappy at being alone; longing for friends, company, etc.
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  1. Unhappy at being alone; longing for friends, company, etc.
  2. Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary:
  3. Alone; solitary
solitary
Happening, done, or made alone:
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  1. Happening, done, or made alone:
  2. (Zoology) Living alone or in pairs only:
  3. Existing, living, or going without others; alone:
forlorn
Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition:
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  1. Wretched or pitiful in appearance or condition:
  2. Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
  3. Without hope; desperate
alone
Considered separately from all others of the same class.
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  1. Considered separately from all others of the same class.
  2. Being without anyone or anything else; only.
  3. Without equal or peer
desolate
Left alone; lonely; solitary
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  1. Left alone; lonely; solitary
  2. Forlorn; wretched
  3. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
forlorn
Without hope; desperate
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  1. Without hope; desperate
  2. Abandoned, deserted, or desolate:
  3. Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
lonely
Alone; solitary
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  1. Alone; solitary
  2. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
  3. Of person, without companions; solitary.
lorn
(Obs.) Lost, ruined, or undone
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  1. (Obs.) Lost, ruined, or undone
  2. (Archaic) abandoned, lonely, forlorn
  3. (Old Poet.) Forsaken, forlorn, bereft, or desolate
alone
Without anything further; with nothing more; only
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  1. Without anything further; with nothing more; only
  2. Considered separately from all others of the same class.
  3. Without equal or peer
lone
Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
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  1. Standing apart from others of its kind; isolated
  2. By oneself; alone; solitary
  3. (Archaic) single; unmarried, or in widowhood
lonely
Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.
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  1. Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.
  2. Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary:
  3. Alone; solitary
single
Separate from others; individual and distinct:
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  1. Separate from others; individual and distinct:
  2. Without another or others; alone; solitary
  3. Honest; undisguised:
solitary
Happening, done, or made alone:
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  1. Happening, done, or made alone:
  2. (Zoology) Living alone or in pairs only:
  3. Without others; single; only
unaccompanied
Not accompanied
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  1. Not accompanied
  2. Going or acting without companions or a companion:
  3. (Music) performed or scored without accompaniment; solo
deserted
No longer occupied or used; abandoned:
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  1. No longer occupied or used; abandoned:
  2. Abandoned
  3. Desolate
desolate
Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
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  1. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
  2. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:
  3. Uninhabited; deserted
forlorn
Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
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  1. Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
  2. Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
  3. Abandoned, deserted, or desolate:
godforsaken
Located in a dismal or remote area.
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  1. Located in a dismal or remote area.
  2. Particularly awful; very bad; miserable; terrible.
  3. Desolate; forlorn.
lonely
Alone; solitary
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  1. Alone; solitary
  2. Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
  3. Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary:
unfrequented
Not frequented.
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  1. Not frequented.
  2. Receiving few or no travelers or visitors:
back
Distant from a center of activity; remote.
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  1. Distant from a center of activity; remote.
  2. Of or for a time in the past
  3. Of a past date; not current:
insular
Suggestive of the isolated life of an island:
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  1. Suggestive of the isolated life of an island:
  2. Circumscribed and detached in outlook and experience; narrow or provincial.
  3. Like an island; detached; isolated
isolated
Having little or no social contact
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  1. Having little or no social contact
  2. Characterized by little social contact:
  3. Far from others or difficult to get to; remote:
lonely
Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.
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  1. Of person, unhappy by feelings of loneliness.
  2. Of place or time, unfrequented by people; desolate.
  3. Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary:
obscure
Not easily understood; vague; cryptic; ambiguous
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  1. Not easily understood; vague; cryptic; ambiguous
  2. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct:
  3. Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague:
outlying
Located outside of some boundary or limit.
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  1. Located outside of some boundary or limit.
  2. Relatively remote from some central location.
  3. Relatively far out from a certain point or center; remote
out-of-the-way
Being out of the ordinary; unusual:
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  1. Being out of the ordinary; unusual:
  2. Remote or secluded.
  3. (Idiomatic) Taken care of.
remote
Far off in (past or future) time
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  1. Far off in (past or future) time
  2. Located far away; distant in space.
  3. Hidden away; secluded:
removed
Of a different generation, older or younger
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  1. Of a different generation, older or younger
  2. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
  3. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
secluded
Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
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  1. Cut off from the public view; hidden, intimate, etc.
  2. Hidden, isolated, remote.
  3. Removed or remote from others; solitary:
solitary
Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
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  1. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
  2. Happening, done, or made alone:
  3. Existing, living, or going without others; alone:
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Sentence Examples

  • She gets lonesome when Jonathan is gone.

  • No I just thought the house looked lonesome down here, so I came to visit.

  • Some have asked what I got to eat; if I did not feel lonesome; if I was not afraid; and the like.

  • I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, but once, and that was a few weeks after I came to the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life.

  • Men frequently say to me, "I should think you would feel lonesome down there, and want to be nearer to folks, rainy and snowy days and nights especially."

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