The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DESOLATE , but the solution may also be DESERTED which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in New York Times).
Lonely crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DESOLATE | 33 % | 8 |
| DESERTED | 33 % | 8 |
| ISOLATE | 17 % | 7 |
| LORN | 17 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lonely
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lonesome
- lone
- alone
- solitary
- unsocial
- inaccessible
- unaccompanied
- unaccessible
- unfrequented
- dejected
- loneliness
- solitude
Crossword Answer definitions
DESOLATE verb- To deprive of inhabitants.
- To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- To abandon or forsake something.
- To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
- Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
- Barren and lifeless.
- Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
- Dismal or dreary.
- Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DESOLATE
- Brokenhearted
- Pretty bleak
- Barren
- Forsaken
- Lonely
- Like ghost towns
- Bleak
- Barren, as a landscape
- Uninhabited
- Descriptive of a ghost town.
More clues leading to the result DESERTED
- Left behind
- Like Chernobyl
- Like a ghost town
- Ran out on
- Left
- Left in the lurch
- Like ghost towns
- Ran away.
- Like Goldsmith's "Village.”
- Forsook.
More clues leading to the result ISOLATE
- Quarantine
- Sequester
- Set apart
- Close off
- Cut off
- Set aside
- Fence off, say
- Put into solitary
- Keep apart
- Leave alone