Feeling "Alone" - Flashcard Set (w/o images)
Abandoned
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: left without needed protection or care
An abandoned baby
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Antisocial
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: not friendly to other people
My neighbor is antisocial.
She’s not being antisocial; she’s just shy at parties.
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Outnumbered
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: to be more than (someone or something) in number
With 20 girls and 10 boys in the class, girls outnumber boys by 2 to 1.
Their wins outnumber their losses. [=they have more wins than losses]
The few men in the audience were greatly outnumbered by the women. [=there were many more women than men in the audience]
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Loveless
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: having no feelings of love.
“I was trapped in a loveless marriage and there was no way out”
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Estranged
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: to cause someone to be no longer friendly or close to another person or group
His political beliefs have estranged him from his family.
— often used as (be) estranged
They are estranged from their children.
an estranged couple [=a married couple who no longer live together]
her estranged husband [=her husband, who no longer lives with her]
an estranged wife [=a wife who no longer lives with her husband]
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Bypassed
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: to avoid or ignore (someone or something) especially to get something done quicker
He bypassed the manager and talked directly to the owner.
She managed to bypass the usual paperwork.
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Dissociated
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: to end your relationship with or connection to someone or something : to separate (yourself) from someone or something
She became famous and dissociated [=disassociated] herself from her past.
The director has tried to dissociate himself from his earlier films.
Why is the organization choosing to dissociate itself from its founder?
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Longing
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: a strong desire for something or someone
They looked with longing toward freedom.
She cast a look of longing at the shop window.
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Inaccessible
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: difficult or impossible to reach, approach, or understand : not accessible
The area is inaccessible by road.
an inaccessible goal
His prose is inaccessible to many readers.
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Friendless
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: not having any friends : not having anyone who can help you
He was friendless and alone.
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Needy
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: needing a lot of attention, affection, or emotional support
As a child, she was extremely needy and had no self-confidence.
Emotionally needy adults
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Disregarded
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: to ignore (something) or treat (something) as unimportant
Please disregard what I said before.
He disregarded his father’s advice and left school.
Some students completely disregard the rules of the school.
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Distant
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: not friendly or showing emotion
People did not like her distant manner.
He was cold and distant.
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Alienated
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: to cause (someone) to feel that she or he no longer belongs in a particular group, society, etc.
Her position on this issue has alienated her from many voters.
His drug problems have alienated him from his parents.
— alienated adjective [more alienated; most alienated]
He feels very alienated from his parents.
Alienated young people [=young people who do not feel that they have a part in society]
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Desolate
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: very sad and lonely especially because someone you love has died or left
Desolate [=grief-stricken] parents grieving over the death of their son
Desolate thoughts and memories
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Avoided
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: to stay away from (someone or something)
Why do you keep avoiding me?
She took a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.
They successfully avoided each other for days.
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Apart
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: separated by an amount of space
— often used figuratively
She tried to keep apart from [=to stay out of] family arguments.
She has a quality that sets her apart from other singers. [=that makes her different from other singers]
They were close friends once, but they have drifted/grown apart. [=they are no longer close friends]
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Disliked
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: a feeling of not liking or approving of something or someone
His dislike of cats was obvious.
She developed a general dislike for journalists.
If you take a dislike to someone or something, you begin to not like that person or thing.
They took an instant dislike to the new neighbors.
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Deserted
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: to leave and stop helping or supporting (someone or something)
She had been married for just over a year when her husband deserted her.
He was deserted by his friends and family.
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Aloof
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: not involved with or friendly toward other people
She remained aloof [=distant] despite their efforts to make friends.
He held himself aloof from his coworkers. [=he was not warm or friendly toward them]
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Ignored
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: to do nothing about or in response to (something or someone)
If we continue to ignore these problems they will only get worse.
They ignored the warning signs.
ignoring the poor
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Dispossessed
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: having had your land, possessions, etc., taken away from you
The organization helps dispossessed people rebuild their lives.
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Rejected
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: a person who is not accepted or liked by other people
The rejects of society = society’s rejects
(informal) Ignore him, he’s a (total/complete) reject.
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Isolated
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: separate from others
The town remains a very isolated community.
The camp is located in an isolated area.
isolated places/populations
She felt isolated [=alone] in her new school. [=she felt unhappy because of being separated from people she knew]
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Excluded
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: to prevent (someone) from doing something or being a part of a group
You can share files with some people on the network while excluding others.
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Jilted
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: to end a romantic relationship with (someone) in a sudden and painful way
She was crushed when he jilted her.
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