loneliness

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  1. The condition of being lonely; solitariness; want of society or human interest: as, the loneliness of a hermit's cave. There's nothing left to fancy's guess, You see that all is loneliness. Scott, Marmion, ii., Int.
  2. The sense of being alone or lonely; dejection from want of companionship or sympathy; forlornness. Uphold me, Father, in my loneliness. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. A feeling of oppressive loneliness comes over the spirit as the eye ranges across that voiceless wilderness. O'Donovan, Merv, xx.
  3. Love of retirement; preference for solitude. Now I see The mystery of your loneliness. Shak., All's Well, i. 3. 177.
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  • All this loneliness was the perfect breeding ground for ghosts. —  SeriasStarWarrior.HTML
  • The men Veronica thought suitable for her all fell into a certain type: recent widowers with far too much to say now about their previously neglected wives, or bachelors so trying that their loneliness was all too understandable. —  Davis, Lindsey - The Course of Honor
  • He forgets his remote position for the time, and hides from himself the feeling of that loneliness which is best conquered by literary employment. —  Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers
  • Although it is crossed by shipping lanes to Japan and Russian Asia in this stretch, the loneliness is also almost without limit. —  157 - Terror And The Lonely Widow
  • Beyond the loneliness was a togetherness where all was warmth and mingling. —  FSFMagazine,August2007
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