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friendless
friend F0327100 (frĕnd)n.1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance.3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade.4. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, or movement: friends of the clean air movement.5. Friend A member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker.tr.v. friend·ed, friend·ing, friends 1. Informal To add (someone) as a friend on a social networking website.2. Archaic To befriend.Idiom: be friends with To be a friend of: I am friends with my neighbor.
[Middle English, from Old English frēond; see prī- in Indo-European roots.]
friend′less adj.friend′less·ness n.Word History: The relationship between Latin amīcus, "friend," and amō, "I love," is clear, as is the relationship between Greek philos, "friend," and phileō, "I love." In English, though, we have to go back a millennium before we see the verb that we can easily connect to friend. Frēond, the Old English source of Modern English friend, is related to the Old English verb frēon, "to love, like, honor, set free (from slavery or confinement)." Specifically, frēond comes from the present participle of the Germanic ancestor of Old English frēon and thus originally meant "one who loves." (The Old English verb frēon, "to love, set free," by the way, survives today in Modern English as to free.) The Germanic root of frēond and frēon is *frī-, which meant "to like, love, be friendly to." Closely linked to these concepts is that of "peace," and in fact Germanic made a noun from this root, *frithu-, meaning exactly that. Ultimately descended from this noun are the personal names Frederick, "peaceful ruler," and Siegfried, "victory peace." The root also shows up in the name of the Germanic deity Frigg, the goddess of love, who lives on today in the word Friday, "day of Frigg," from an ancient translation of Latin Veneris diēs, "day of Venus."Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | friendless - excluded from a societyoutcastunwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens" |
friendlessadjective alone, abandoned, deserted, isolated, lonely, cut off, alienated, solitary, shunned, estranged, forsaken, forlorn, unattached, lonesome, all alone, ostracized, without ties, with no one to turn to, without a friend in the world He was unhappy because he was friendless.Translationsfriend (frend) noun1. someone who knows and likes another person very well. He is my best friend. 朋友 朋友2. a person who acts in a friendly and generous way to people etc he or she does not know. a friend to animals. 對人友好、大方的人 对人友好、大方的人 ˈfriendless adjective without friends. alone and friendless. 沒有朋友的 没有朋友的ˈfriendly adjective kind and willing to make friends. She is very friendly to everybody. 友好的 友好的ˈfriendship noun1. the state of being friends. Friendship is a wonderful thing. 友情 友情2. a particular relationship between two friends. Our friendship grew through the years. 友誼 友谊make friends (with) to start a friendly relationship; to become friends with someone. The child tried to make friends with the dog. 與...交友 与...交友IdiomsSeefriendEncyclopediaSeeFriendfriendless
Synonyms for friendlessadj aloneSynonyms- alone
- abandoned
- deserted
- isolated
- lonely
- cut off
- alienated
- solitary
- shunned
- estranged
- forsaken
- forlorn
- unattached
- lonesome
- all alone
- ostracized
- without ties
- with no one to turn to
- without a friend in the world
Synonyms for friendlessadj excluded from a societySynonymsRelated Words |