lonely
adjective
[ ˈləʊnli ]
• sad because one has no friends or company.
• "lonely old people whose families do not care for them"
Similar:
isolated,
alone,
all alone,
friendless,
companionless,
without friends/companions,
with no one to turn to,
outcast,
forsaken,
abandoned,
rejected,
unloved,
unwanted,
unpopular,
sad,
unhappy,
forlorn,
despondent,
lonesome,
• (of a place) unfrequented and remote.
• "a lonely country lane"
Similar:
deserted,
uninhabited,
unfrequented,
unpopulated,
desolate,
barren,
isolated,
remote,
out of the way,
secluded,
sequestered,
off the beaten track,
in the back of beyond,
in the middle of nowhere,
godforsaken,
lone,
Origin:
late 16th century: from lone + -ly1.
