Antonyms for lonely
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : lohn-lee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊn li |
Definition of lonely
Origin :- c.1600, "solitary, lone," from lone + -ly (1). Meaning "dejected for want of company" is from 1811. Lonely heart (n.) "a lonely-hearted person" is from 1922. Lonely hearted (adj.) is attested from 1820.
- adj feeling friendless, forlorn
- adj out-of-the-way
- It is their virtue in life to be lonely, and none but the lonely man in tragedy may be great.
- Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
- I am almost as lonely as I was on some of those evenings in the old boarding-house.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I am a lonely man, my sweeting, and I must settle some day when the wars are over and done.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- You can be lonely in a crowd, and I guess—is there any one around here you like better than me?
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- If she had said she was lonely because the cherry bookcase was in Paris, he could not have been more bewildered.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I knew how lonely it would be in the sitting room that night without me.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- I had eaten all the brush in the ravine and was beginning to be lonely.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- She could not bear that hurt, rebellious, lonely look which they had worn.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Faith is the soul's eyesight; and when we possess it the world is never dark nor lonely.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I felt miserable and lonely, and you were the only person in London I knew!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
Synonyms for lonely
- abandoned
- alone
- apart
- by oneself
- comfortless
- companionless
- deserted
- desolate
- destitute
- disconsolate
- down
- empty
- estranged
- forsaken
- godforsaken
- homeless
- isolated
- left
- lone
- lonesome
- obscure
- off the beaten track
- outcast
- private
- quiet
- reclusive
- rejected
- remote
- removed
- renounced
- retired
- secluded
- secret
- sequestered
- single
- solitary
- troglodytic
- unattended
- unbefriended
- uncherished
- unfrequented
- uninhabited
- unsocial
- withdrawn
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