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Phil Ochs

Meaning of "friendless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRIENDLESS

friendless  [ˈfrɛndləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRIENDLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Friendless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FRIENDLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of friendless in the English dictionary

The definition of friendless in the dictionary is without friends.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRIENDLESS


childless
ˈtʃaɪldləs
cloudless
ˈklaʊdləs
fundless
ˈfʌndləs
garlandless
ˈɡɑːləndləs
handless
ˈhændləs
irregardless
ɪrɪˈɡɑːdləs
landless
ˈlændləs
leadless
ˈlɛdləs
rindless
ˈraɪndləs
rodless
ˈrɒdləs
sandless
ˈsændləs
seedless
ˈsiːdləs
shieldless
ˈʃiːldləs
threadless
ˈθredləs
tradeless
ˈtreɪdləs
weldless
ˈwɛldləs
windlass
ˈwɪndləs
windless
ˈwɪndləs
woodless
ˈwʊdləs
woundless
ˈwuːndləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRIENDLESS

friedcake
Friedman
Friedmanite
Friedrich
friend
friend at court
friend of Dorothy
friendlessness
friendlier
friendlies
friendliest
friendlily
friendliness
friendly
friendly fire
Friendly Islands
friendly match
friendly society
Friends of the Earth
friendship

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRIENDLESS

beardless
bloodless
bottomless
boundless
cordless
endless
foodless
godless
groundless
headless
heedless
hoodless
lidless
mindless
needless
regardless
roadless
soundless
swordless
weedless
wordless

Synonyms and antonyms of friendless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FRIENDLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «friendless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of friendless

Translation of «friendless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRIENDLESS

Find out the translation of friendless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of friendless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «friendless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寂寞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin amigos
570 millions of speakers

English

friendless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मित्रहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلا أصدقاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

без друзей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sem amigos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধুহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans ami
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berkawan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ohne Freunde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

友のない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

친구 하나
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana kanca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không có ai làm bạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நண்பர்களே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मित्रहीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arkadaşsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senza amici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyjaciół
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

без друзів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fără prieteni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

friendless
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonder vriende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

friend
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

venneløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of friendless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIENDLESS»

The term «friendless» is regularly used and occupies the 104.474 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRIENDLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «friendless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «friendless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about friendless

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4 QUOTES WITH «FRIENDLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word friendless.
1
Peter Baynham
We're chipping away at our capacity for wonder. When hologram TVs eventually go on sale, they'll cost £20,000 and be bought only by those strange, heroic, friendless men who live in flats piled high with giant 80s mobiles and DVD players weighing eight stone.
2
Glenn Beck
By the time I was 30, nobody would work with me. I was friendless, I was hopeless, I was suicidal, lost my family - I mean, it was bad. Bottomed out, didn't know what I was going to do. I actually thought I was going to be a chef - go to work in a kitchen someplace.
3
James Dobson
One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.
4
Phil Ochs
Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIENDLESS»

Discover the use of friendless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to friendless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless: The WPA Interviews with ...
Includes interviews of 134 former slaves.
Ronald L. Baker, 2000
2
Friendless Bob. Wilfred's Holiday Lesson [By E.C. Looker].
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Bob (Friendless, 2012
3
Friendless
Grace Cooper. Grace Cooper Friendless Written and Published in 2011-2012 Westport, CT USA ISBN: 978-1-105-47627-3.
Grace Cooper
4
Mother Teresa: Friend of the Friendless
Describes the work of Mother Teresa with the poor of India and how she came to devote her life to bringing not just goods and services to those in need, but also love.
Carol Greene, 1983
5
Benevolent institutions 1904
276 Home for the Friendless, Terre Haute, Ind 270 Home for the Friendless, Williamsport, Pa 258 Page. Home for the Friendless and Wayne County Jail for Women, Richmond, Ind 270 Home for the Friendless of Northern New York, Plattsburg, ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, John Koren, William Alexander King, 1905
6
Twenty-Five Years' Labour Among the Friendless and Fallen.
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Edward W. Thomas, 2010
7
Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914
Leeds Ladies' Association for the Care and Protection of Friendless Girls, Minute Books, 1884-1914. Liverpool Female Penitentiary Minute Books of the Gentlemen's Committee, 1850-1914. Liverpool Rescue Society and House of Help Minute ...
Dr Paula Bartley, Paula Bartley, 2012
8
Hemingway's Cats
Friendless, the family stud cat, continued to do battle with neighboring cats that were always invading the peace and quiet of the farm. The only cat at the Finca who was a threat to Friendless was his brother Fatso, who now outweighed ...
Carlene Brennen, 2011
9
Marvelous Encounters: Surrealist Responses to Film, Art, ...
According to Perez, Friendless is disconcerted by the ambiguity that informs the world around us, rendering efforts to discriminate between rival phenomena completely useless.45 Geist observes that his quest for Georgina parallels Alberti's ...
Willard Bohn, 2005
10
Original Sin
Powerless Friendless caught a glimpse of a pale body lined with suckers as it was hoisted up, still jerking, to the roof. Might have been a mutated fish, might just as easily have been an alien underdweller out for a late night swim. Either way ...
Andy Lane, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIENDLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term friendless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The loneliness of Sushma Swaraj, fall girl forever
Today, Sushma Swaraj is friendless, powerless and without options. No doubt informally helping out Lalit Modi when the Indian government ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
Meth use 'explodes' in CG, Pinal
For J.D. Heath, using meth empowered him above the friendless loner he was as a child. Getting high boosted his confidence and made him ... «TriValley Central, Jul 15»
3
Refugees are humans too
Many of our post-apocalyptic stories—Mad Max, The Road, World War Z—feature desperate people on the move in a friendless and ... «The Corner Economic, Jul 15»
4
Jon Stewart's plea and the Confederate flag
Rootless, friendless, Roof clings to Aryan propaganda and hate as life jackets. His punk room mate— who saw fit to not tell anyone that his ... «The Prince Arthur Herald, Jul 15»
5
Take the Super Quiz
A friendless 17-year old girl is abused by her unstable, religious-fanatic mother. 4. Faye Dunaway portrays driven actress Joan Crawford. 5. «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
6
Writer bemoans WLA's coveting of McDermott Park
One only has to read his will: He left money to Fond du Lac's Children's Home, Home of the Friendless and Relief Society. In life, McDermott set ... «Fond du Lac Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Our baffling obsession with tragic heroines
A Playboy model and general good-time girl — today's real-life equivalent of Tosca or Holly perhaps — her miserable, early, friendless demise ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
8
'Watchmaker of Filigree Street' is a magical tale of Victorian London
Friendless, working long hours six days a week, Thaniel finds he has little to set in order in the event of Irish terrorist group Clan na Gael ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
9
Michael's Story From The RaiseAChild.US 'Let Love Define Family …
Michael is now thriving with his moms and has gone from being friendless to outgoing and thriving. While past teachers told him he would ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Marco Antonio Regil Educates Donald Trump on Mexicans
Lonely, friendless and stateless, they persist against all the odds, and finally succeed in becoming fine, upstanding members of society. «Live Trading News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Friendless [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/friendless>. May 2024 ».
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