LONELINESS Synonyms

• a disposition toward being alone

• the state of being decayed or destroyed

• a bleak and desolate atmosphere

• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

• an event that results in total destruction

• the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others

• the act of secluding yourself from others

• a state of social isolation

• the state or situation of being alone

• a solitary place

• the act of giving something up

• withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility

• the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away

• the feeling of being alienated from other people

• separation resulting from hostility

• (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another

• the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly

• a state of separation between persons or groups

• a feeling of being disliked and alone

• the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

• a country's withdrawal from international politics

• the state of being retired from one's business or occupation

• withdrawal from your position or occupation

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of segregating or sequestering

• the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions

• a writ that authorizes the seizure of property

• seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

• the quality of being one of a kind

• strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual

• a retraction of a previously held position

• the act of taking out money or other capital

• the act of withdrawing

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.

• the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

• a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

• formal separation from an alliance or federation

• the termination of drug taking

• a disposition toward being alone

• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

• being without friends