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Without friends or company (and therefore sad)

Solitary from being left alone

(of a place or location) Devoid of, or lacking in, inhabitants

(of a place or location) Very remote or inaccessible

(of a place or location) Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Unsuitable for, or inconducive to, growing crops or vegetation

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Adjective

Without friends or company (and therefore sad)

feeling friendless

without friends

without companions

with no one to turn to

without a friend in the world

all by one's self

self-sufficient

left in the lurch

left at the altar

left in the cold

out of the window

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“I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch, and all I do is cry all day.”

Adjective

Solitary from being left alone

me myself and I

me and my shadow

without companions

without an escort

by one's lonesome

without a partner

without a husband

on one's lonesome

without a spouse

on one's Jack Jones

on one's Pat Malone

self-sufficient

traveling light

without disturbance

without interruption

not going out with anyone

having missed the boat

going one's own way

young, free and single

left on the shelf

footloose and fancy-free

footloose and fancy free

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“I found a lonely little wood box at a thrift store and saw great potential for its use as a cutlery caddy.”

Adjective

(of a place or location) Devoid of, or lacking in, inhabitants

off the beaten track

without vegetation

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“I would set up camp in a lonely section of the forest where I could reflect on the events that had transpired.”

Adjective

(of a place or location) Very remote or inaccessible

off the beaten path

off the beaten track

in the back of beyond

in the middle of nowhere

in the hinterlands

in the backwoods

in the backblocks

in the backveld

in the platteland

in the tall timbers

beyond the black stump

god-knows-where

in the depths of …

off beaten track

difficult to get to

middle of nowhere

in the boondocks

in the distance

in a remote location

at the end of the rainbow

beyond the horizon

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“The system of ruthless terror, to which alone Lenin owed his success, followed us even into this lonely and remote village on the boundless steppe.”

Adjective

(of a place or location) Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

given to looking on the black side

in the doldrums

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

no laughing matter

of great import

of significance

of great importance

of great consequence

with a long face

uncommunicative

heart-wrenching

ill-humoured^UK

strictly business

earth-shattering

full of hardship

looking on the black side

full of despair

discombobulated

bound and determined

poverty-stricken

sick as a parrot

having blue devils

having the blahs

singing the blues

undistinguished

run-of-the-mill

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“A sense of dread would overcome her as she walked the lonely streets of the unfamiliar town.”

Adjective

Unsuitable for, or inconducive to, growing crops or vegetation

nonreproductive

without vegetation

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