friendlessness
Having no companions
Friendlessness is the state of having no friends—complete social isolation or lack of companionship.
The word emphasizes absence rather than mere loneliness: The friendlessness of his final years weighed on everyone who remembered him.
It suggests a condition that may be circumstantial or self-imposed, temporary or enduring.
State of lacking companions
- isolationComplete separation from others
- alienationState of being isolated
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- sadnessState of emotional pain
melancholy · heartache · despair · rejection · abandonment · forlornness · desolation · misery
Being barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- outcastShunned, rejected person
rejection · invisibility · neglect · shunning · pariah · unpopularity · unwanted · snubbed
State of being alone
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
reclusion · introversion · self-isolation · detachment · aloofness · privacy · independence · self-sufficiency
Permanent change of residence
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- transferMove between locations
uprooted · displacement · stranger · outsider · foreigner · transience · rootlessness · anonymity
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- isolationComplete separation from others
- alienationState of being isolated
- emptinessAbsence of substance
sadness · melancholy · heartache · despair · rejection · abandonment · forlornness · desolation · misery · unhappiness
exclusion
Being barred from participation
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
outcast · rejection · invisibility · neglect · shunning · pariah · unpopularity · unwanted · snubbed · blackballed
solitude
State of being alone
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- hermitageSecluded religious dwelling
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
retreat · reclusion · introversion · self-isolation · detachment · aloofness · privacy · independence · self-sufficiency · autonomy
relocation
Permanent change of residence
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
transfer · uprooted · displacement · stranger · outsider · foreigner · transience · rootlessness · anonymity · unfamiliarity
- deprivationlack, deprivation, need, want, shortage
friendlessnessfriendship
Bond of mutual affection
companionship · camaraderie · fellowship · connectedness · popularity
friend, friendly, friendship, unfriendly, friends, friendliness, befriend, befriending, friendless