friendless

adjective

Definition of friendlessnext
as in withdrawn

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Recent Examples of friendless That leaves it friendless, brittle, and uncreative—and, paradoxically, that leaves it vulnerable when fighting, too. — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025 There’s already basically no legal trade between Venezuela and the United States and, other than Cuba, Venezuela is essentially friendless in world politics. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendless
  1. withdrawn
  2. unattended
  3. forlorn
  4. isolated
  5. secluded
  6. cloistered
  7. lonely
  8. solitary
Adjective
  • Without daily contact with peers, some children become more withdrawn, lonely or emotionally flat.
    — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026
  • Blatter also suggested that Infantino, like a lot of dictators, has started acting withdrawn.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
Definition of withdrawn
Adjective
  • Staff placed him in a medical holding room — not a suicide-resitant cell — and left him unattended for periods longer than 15 minutes, the GAO stated.
    — Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 3 July 2026
  • Nearly 85% of wildfires are caused by people, both intentionally and unintentionally, such as when power lines fail or campfires are left unattended.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of unattended
Adjective
  • England reached stumps on 103-4 after 15 overs, still needing 270 runs in its seemingly forlorn chase of 373 to win on a deteriorating pitch and heading for a first defeat in a home series of three or more tests since 2012.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • Before pushing the film into its final forlorn section, the excitement that something sexy might happen charges the actors.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of forlorn
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
  • This is no longer an isolated contamination event but a broader patterns that is reflecting back human chemical usage in ways that were not anticipated when modern wastewater systems were designed.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of isolated
Adjective
  • This drag fellowship begins to wreak havoc in the secluded state that echoes medieval times.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • For time on the water, a private yacht charter is one of the few ways to reach the peninsula's most secluded coves, which are inaccessible by car.
    — Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Definition of secluded
Adjective
  • Another work looked at a cloistered nerd and his obsessive hobbies.
    — Paul Hodgins, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • The conservation effort is also rooted in faith as the cloistered community is inspired in part by Laudato Si', a 2015 encyclical from Pope Francis calling for environmental stewardship.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of cloistered
Adjective
  • His lonely life away from friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) included sleeping under the stairs.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
  • Thrown into the thick of a ballet season, the dancer explained that there wasn’t time to be lonely.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of lonely
Adjective
  • Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2026
  • These solitary, nonaggressive bees use small pieces of leaves to build their nests, causing only cosmetic harm to the plant.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
Definition of solitary

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