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Loneliness

The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Isolation 76% connected

The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

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Sadness 76% connected

Heaviness; firmness.

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Temperament 76% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Lonely 74% connected

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

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Lonely 74% connected

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

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Aloneness 92% connected

A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness.

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Desolation 92% connected

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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Forlornness 92% connected

State of being forlorn.

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Solitariness 92% connected

Condition of being solitary.

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Electricity noun · 85% connection

keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"

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Care noun · 84% connection

a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife"

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Conservation noun · 78% connection

the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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Area noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Arena noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Book verb · 78% connection

arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the sho…

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Condition noun · 78% connection

a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

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Corridor noun · 78% connection

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Domain noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Endangered adjective · 78% connection

(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

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Extinction noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Field noun · 78% connection

a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"

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Apanthropy noun · 78% connection

An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Cenobite noun · 78% connection

One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Confinement noun · 78% connection

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Deafly adjective · 78% connection

Lonely; solitary.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Dearn adjective · 78% connection

Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Delitescence noun · 78% connection

Concealment; seclusion; retirement.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Delitescency noun · 78% connection

Concealment; seclusion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Dernful adjective · 78% connection

Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Desolate adjective · 78% connection

Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Drear adjective · 78% connection

Dismal; gloomy with solitude.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Dreariness noun · 78% connection

Dismalness; gloomy solitude.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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Eremitical adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, lonely, solitude, seclusion.
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