lonely
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- abandoned, destitute, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, lonesome
- solitary, alone, apart, companionless, isolated, lone, single, withdrawn
- remote, deserted, desolate, godforsaken, isolated, out-of-the-way, secluded, unfrequented, uninhabited

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English Thesaurus: lonely, isolated, alienated, homesick, miss somebody, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

lone‧ly S3 /ˈləʊnli $ ˈloʊn-/ adjective (comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest)

1. unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to Synonym : lonesome American English:
a lonely old man
Don’t you get lonely being on your own all day?
► Do not use lonely to mean ‘without anyone else’. Use alone: She is afraid to travel alone (NOT travel lonely).

2. a lonely experience or situation makes you unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to:
a lonely journey
lonely life/existence
He led a lonely life with few friends.

3. the lonely [plural] people who are lonely

4. a lonely place is a long way from where people live and very few people go there Synonym : lonesome American English, remote, desolate
lonely place/road/spot etc
—loneliness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lonely
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become, get
ADV. desperately, extremely, terribly, unbearably, very She was desperately lonely at school.
a bit, a little, pretty, rather | oddly She felt oddly lonely without her books.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

lonely (also lonesome American English) unhappy because you are alone or do not have any friends:
Tammy felt very lonely when she first arrived in New York.
Our neighbor George is a very lonely man.
I get so lonesome here with no one to talk to.
isolated lonely because your situation makes it difficult for you to meet people:
People caring for sick relatives often feel very isolated.
Children of very rich parents can grow up isolated from the rest of society.
alienated feeling that you do not belong in a particular place or group:
She felt very alienated as the only woman in the company.
In high school she felt somehow different and alienated from other students.
homesick unhappy because you are a long way from your home and the people who live there:
When I first went to Germany, I was very homesick.
miss somebody used when saying that you feel unhappy because someone is not there with you:
I miss you.
She misses her friends.

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