solitariness

  • 71solitary — 1 adjective 1 (only before noun) a solitary person or thing is the only one you can see in a place: a solitary tree in the middle of the field 2 spending a lot of time alone, usually because they like being alone: a solitary man who never spoke… …

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  • 72solitude — noun 1) she savored her solitude Syn: loneliness, solitariness, isolation, seclusion, sequestration, withdrawal, privacy, peace 2) (solitudes) solitudes in the north of the state Syn …

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  • 73isolation — *solitude, alienation, seclusion Analogous words: loneliness, solitariness, loneness, desolateness or desolation (see corresponding adjectives at ALONE) …

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  • 74desolation — n 1. destruction, ruination, holocaust, demolition, ruin, havoc; spoliation, despoliation, despoilment, ravage, pillage, plunder, sack; rapine, ravishment, predation, depredation; depopulation, unpeopling. 2. devastation, waste, wreckage,… …

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  • 75isolation — n 1. separation, dissociation, disconnection, detachment; segregation, sequestration, insulation, quarantine, insularity; (in prison) Si. icebox. 2. loneliness, solitude, solitariness, aloneness; seclusion, retirement, privacy; concealment,… …

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  • 76privacy — n 1. privateness, intimacy, intimateness, seclusion, solitude, retreat, retirement; isolation, aloneness, loneness, solitariness, loneliness, remoteness, ob scureness, obscurity; aloofness, apartness, separateness, separation; withdrawal,… …

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  • 77seclusion — n 1. hiding, retreat, hibernation, concealment, cover, secrecy, incognito; retirement, withdrawal. 2. isolation, sequestration, segregation, separation, apartheid; insulation, quarantine, sanitary cordon, Fr. cordon sanitaire; detachment,… …

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  • 78solitude — n 1. seclusion, retirement, privacy, isolation, solitariness, aloneness; reclusion, reclusiveness, hermitry. 2. remoteness, separateness, separation, loneliness; unsociability, withdrawal, introversion. 3. desert, waste, wilderness, wasteland;… …

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  • 79schizoid personality — a personality characterized by solitariness, emotional coldness to others, inability to experience pleasure, lack of response to praise and criticism, withdrawal into a fantasy world, excessive introspection, and eccentricity of behaviour. Some… …

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  • 80isolation — noun 1) their feeling of isolation Syn: solitariness, loneliness, friendlessness 2) the isolation of some mental hospitals Syn: remoteness, inaccessibility • Ant: contact …

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