friendless

  • 1Friendless — Friend less, a. [AS. fre[ o]ndle[ a]s.] Destitute of friends; forsaken. {Friend less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2friendless — index derelict (abandoned), helpless (defenseless), solitary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3friendless — O.E. freondleas; see FRIEND (Cf. friend) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Friendlessly; friendlessness …

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  • 4friendless — [adj] without companionship or confidant abandoned, adrift, alienated, all alone*, all by one’s self*, alone, cut off*, deserted, estranged, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, marooned*, ostracized, shunned, solitary, unattached,… …

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  • 5friendless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel ▪ leave sb ▪ With the departure of his remaining colleague he was left friendless. ADVERB ▪ totally, ut …

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  • 6friendless — [[t]fre̱ndləs[/t]] ADJ Someone who is friendless has no friends. The boy was unhappy because he thought he was friendless …

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  • 7friendless — adjective Without friends. The friendless girl cries frequently …

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  • 8friendless — friend|less [ frendləs ] adjective with no friends: She felt alone and friendless …

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  • 9friendless — adjective caring for those who are poor and friendless Syn: alone, all alone, by oneself, solitary, lonely, with no one to turn to, lone, without friends, companionless, unbefriended, unpopular, unwanted, unloved, abandoned, rejected, forsaken,… …

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  • 10friendless — UK [ˈfrendləs] / US adjective with no friends She felt alone and friendless …

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