Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being lonely; solitariness; want of society or human interest: as, the loneliness of a hermit's cave.
- noun The sense of being alone or lonely; dejection from want of companionship or sympathy; forlornness.
- noun Love of retirement; preference for solitude.
- noun Synonyms Lonesomeness, Retirement, etc. See
solitude .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
- noun The state of being unfrequented by human beings.
- noun Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
- noun A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A feeling of
depression resulting from beingalone . - noun The condition or state of being
lonely ;solitude ;seclusion . - noun The state of being
unfrequented . - noun obsolete Love of
retirement ;disposition tosolitude .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- noun a disposition toward being alone
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word loneliness was created to express the pain of being alone.
Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas 2010
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Someone has said that the word loneliness was created to express the pain of being alone.
Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas 2010
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It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone.
The Courage To Be Christian MIKE NAPPA 2001
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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.
Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887
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The pain, the struggle and the loneliness, is hard to comprehend.
Melinda Hutchings: Why Do Teens Bully? Melinda Hutchings 2010
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The pain, the struggle and the loneliness, is hard to comprehend.
Melinda Hutchings: Why Do Teens Bully? Melinda Hutchings 2010
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Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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We integrated into a system where loneliness is the norm.
Alice Walker: On Finding Your Bliss Interview by Evelyn C. White 2010
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Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness.
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The pain, the struggle and the loneliness, is hard to comprehend.
Melinda Hutchings: Why Do Teens Bully? Melinda Hutchings 2010
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The strange sorrow we feel when we confront this world without our fellow creatures has a name: “species loneliness.”
The secret movement bringing Europe’s wildlife back from the brink Isobel Cockerell 2023
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word loneliness
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January 26, 2007