Friendless
['frɛndləs]
Definition
(a.) Destitute of friends; forsaken.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FRIEND_and_FORLORN]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
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Examples
- Mr. Crawley had tended that otherwise friendless bedside. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And thus Becky said she was a wanderer, poor, unprotected, friendless, and wretched. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You have been very kind to me and to my sister, she said--kind when we were both friendless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If you suppose that boy to be friendless, Mr Wrayburn, you deceive yourself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now I am friendless and alone; yesterday I was at home, in the sweet company of a sister, whom I shall ever, ever cherish! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am alone in the world, said the friendless girl. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What was once my dear little girl shall not lie alone and friendless in the awful jungle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre, Miss Crawley said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Having eaten the friendless orphan--having driven away his comrades --having grown calm and reflective at length--I now feel in a kindlier mood. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He shall know, beggar and friendless as I am, that I will not tamely submit to injury! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A Countess's card left personally too for her, Briggs, was not a little pleasing to the poor friendless companion. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I associated with others friendless like myself; I formed them into a band, I was their chief and captain. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nay, Henry, not by all; not forgotten by all; not friendless or forgotten. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She had devoted herself throughout to the nursing the sick, and attending the friendless. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Can I ever forget her who so befriended the friendless orphan? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They alone seemed strange and friendless, and desolate. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I have awakened again to the realities of my friendless and lonely life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Now she is dependent, helpless, friendless, neglected, forgotten. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Have I not found her friendless, and cold, and comfortless? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And now, my poor Watson, here we are, stranded and friendless in this inhospitable town, which we cannot leave without abandoning our case. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You wonder at one so poor and friendless having an attachment, don't you? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Do you suppose I have no feeling of self-respect, because I am poor and friendless, and because rich people have none? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Speak the truth, and you shall not be friendless while I live. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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