Definition of lonelyness
1. loneliness [ n ] the state of being alone in solitary isolation
Used in print:(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)
Loneliness tore through him like a physical pain whenever he thought_of Peter_Robert , Nerien , Nicholas_Cop , Martin_Bucer , and even the compromising Louis_du_Tillet .
(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)
Or was he now taking the role - the gesture and the suffering - because it was the only way to affirm his history and identity in the torpid , befogged loneliness of this land .
In the pity for them his loneliness was gone .
(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)
She would rather live in danger than die of loneliness and boredom .
Synonyms loneliness solitariness Related Terms isolation2. loneliness [ n ] sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Used in print:(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)
The Secretary did not tell him at what cost , at what loneliness , he learned these things .
Synonyms loneliness desolation forlornness Related Terms sadness abandon3. loneliness [ n ] a disposition toward being alone
Synonyms aloneness solitude lonesomeness loneliness Related Terms dispositionSimilar Spelling
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