friendlessness
- noun
- /ˈfrɛndləsnəs/
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soledad
- What I remember most about junior high school was a pervasive sense of friendlessness.
Examples
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I believe he has four relatively minor and quite common mental disorders that involve long-standing sadness, narcissistic self-centeredness, friendlessness, an indifference to the feelings of others.
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I received two Christmas cards from cousins who otherwise never correspond with me, and I found them depressing -- like an emphasis of my state of friendlessness.
Blog text (15) -
And I know we're sort of in like an epidemic of friendlessness, but at the same time like you should have.
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Had it been what Katy said it was, a clinging in poverty, friendlessness, fear, and want?
Fiction book (1993) -
After moving to a new city, she felt a deep sense of friendlessness while trying to make new connections.
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The movie depicted a character's struggle with friendlessness as he navigated life without any companions.
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His prolonged friendlessness at school made it difficult for him to participate in group activities.
Synonyms
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2.3
A sad feeling when you are alone and feel separate from others
Antonyms
How Connected
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2.0
24
3.2
751
1.0
141
2.3
172
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
friendlessness = friendless (transparent) = friend + less + ness
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'friendless', yielding the state of having no friends.
Etymology
Friendlessness is made from friend, -less, and -ness, where a friend is someone you like and trust, as in friendship and friendly, -less means 'without', and -ness makes a 'state'. So, friendlessness is the 'state' of being without friends.