LONELY

adj. 1 single, solitary, sole, lone, one; unaccompanied, alone The lonely survivor of the crash struggled out of the jungle She walked for miles, lonely and desolate. 2 desolate, uninhabited, deserted, barren Robinson Crusoe's world was a lonely place 3 friendless, lonesome, abandoned, outcast, forsaken; solo, hermit-like, eremitic(al), reclusive, secluded, retiring, withdrawn, unsocial He felt lonely in the strange city She leads a lonely existence with only her cat for company.