friendless
adj/ˈfrɛndləs/ · /ˈfrɪndləs/
Etymology From Middle English frendles, from Old English frēondlēas. By surface analysis, friend + -less.
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Without friends (without a friend).
- friendless homebody
- Someone is friendless and cannot find their way / So I'll keep my light in my window / I want to be there to help restore their faith / So I'll keep my light in my window1974, Caston & Majors, “I'll Keep My Light In My Window”, in Caston & Majors:
1 more example
- While Conservative and Labour MPs instinctively had deep political differences, they were united in the cold view that at the end of the 1950s, Britain's railways were friendless and almost finished.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50:
- Derived terms
- friendlessly, friendlessness
- Related terms
- enemylessness