friendless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfrɛndləs/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfrɪndləs/ (dialectal, pin-pen-merger)
Etymology
From Middle English frendles, from Old English frēondlēas. By surface analysis, friend + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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 window
1974, Caston & Majors, “I'll Keep My Light In My Window”, in Caston & Majors: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:
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Translations (20)
ang frēondlēas (without friends) · pl bez przyjaciół (without friends) · is vinalaus (without friends) · bn বন্ধুহীন (without friends) · pl opuszczony (without friends) · nl vriendloos (without friends) · nb venneløs (without friends) · nb vennelaus (without friends) · grc ἄφιλος (without friends) · pl samotny (without friends) · sa अमित्र (without friends) · de freundlos (without friends) · enm frendles (without friends) · da venneløs (without friends) · es sin amigos (without friends) · sv vänlös (without friends) · eo senamika (without friends) · nn vennelaus (without friends) · nn venelaus (without friends) · tr arkadaşsız (without friends)