| wilderness | | |
| n. (state) | 1. wilderness | (politics) a state of disfavor.; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness" |
| ~ political relation, politics | social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power.; "office politics is often counterproductive" |
| ~ disfavor, disfavour | the state of being out of favor.; "he is in disfavor with the king" |
| n. (object) | 2. wilderness | a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War. |
| ~ old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia | a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. |
| ~ timberland, woodland, forest, timber | land that is covered with trees and shrubs. |
| n. (location) | 3. wild, wilderness | a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition.; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers" |
| ~ barren, wasteland, waste | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation.; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" |
| ~ bush | a large wilderness area. |
| ~ frontier | a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country.; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day" |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. wilderness | a bewildering profusion.; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor" |
| ~ profuseness, profusion, richness, cornucopia | the property of being extremely abundant.; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" |
| lonely | | |
| adj. | 1. alone, lone, lonely, solitary | lacking companions or companionship.; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" |
| ~ unaccompanied | being without an escort. |
| adj. | 2. lonely, lonesome | marked by dejection from being alone.; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" |
| ~ dejected | affected or marked by low spirits.; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful" |
| adj. | 3. lone, lonely, solitary | characterized by or preferring solitude.; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" |
| ~ unsocial | not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions.; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors" |
| adj. | 4. lonely, solitary, unfrequented | devoid of creatures.; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake" |
| ~ uninhabited | not having inhabitants; not lived in.; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses" |
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