Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The condition of being lonely; solitariness; want of society or human interest: as, the loneliness of a hermit's cave.
- n. The sense of being alone or lonely; dejection from want of companionship or sympathy; forlornness.
- n. Love of retirement; preference for solitude.
- n. Synonyms Lonesomeness, Retirement, etc. See solitude.
Wiktionary
- n. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
- n. The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
- n. The state of being unfrequented.
- n. obsolete Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
- n. The state of being unfrequented by human beings.
- n. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
- n. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
WordNet 3.0
- n. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- n. a disposition toward being alone
- n. the state of being alone in solitary isolation
Etymologies
- lonely + -ness (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The word loneliness was created to express the pain of being alone.”
“Someone has said that the word loneliness was created to express the pain of being alone.”
“It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone.”
“H. says it would have been almost impossible for me to accompany him, so that perhaps, after all, this loneliness is the less trying alternative.”
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“Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness.”
“The pain, the struggle and the loneliness, is hard to comprehend.”
“We integrated into a system where loneliness is the norm.”
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“Risk, yes, but loneliness is not inevitable either.”
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“This loneliness is bad enough in itself, but, to make it worse, he is oppressed by the primal melancholy of the race.”
“The link to behavior problems, including depression, anxiety and loneliness, is strong as well.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘loneliness’.
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EN - eesily missspellable wirds
accessible, accommodate, achievement, acquaintance, address, advertisement, alleged, athletics, attendance, auxiliary, believe, challenge and 118 more...
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Sorrow is better than laughter; for b...
lachrymose, melancholic, sorrow, wail, mournful, sob, misery, wretchedness, anguish, agony, heartbreak, lament and 38 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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AbraxasZugzwang's Words
atavism, abraxas, sisyphean, frust, fetus-in-fetu, arhythmically, queef, epidemiology, abecedarian, troglodyte, chiaroscuro, philology and 631 more...
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ecobro's list
disappearing, outlawry, obsolescent, vanishing, evanescent, benevolence, noble, aspirations, loneliness, seclusion, wordsmith
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Middle of the night
It's a mix of problems and monthly moodiness.
loneliness, stuck, smoking, blotchy, anxiety, uncertainty, perceive, ugly, jealous, undeserving, flawed, achey and 6 more...
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Lee Words
Words for Lee. :3
nictitate, babyface, pallbearer, venom, short, sunglasses, celibacy, loneliness, blood, debt, blush, damned and 5 more...
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andiralaw's Words
misanthrope, anger, lust, wonder, purple, uvula, furtive, gesticulation, obfuscate, rational, irrational, aequi and 44 more...
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Anything negative
apathy, suicide, depression, loneliness, forgotten, fate, lonesome, desolate, weakness, dreadful, forsaken, anxious and 24 more...
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solitude
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Description of my Holiday Season
Words that sum up the months of November and December for me, personally.
Tweets
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