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loneliness
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lohn
-lee
]
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lone·ly
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ˈloʊn
li
/
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lohn
-lee
]
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adjective,
lone·li·er,
lone·li·est.
1.
affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
2.
destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse, support, etc.:
a lonely exile.
3.
lone
;
solitary; without company; companionless.
4.
remote from places of human habitation; desolate; unfrequented; bleak:
a lonely road.
5.
standing apart; isolated:
a lonely tower.
Origin:
1600–10;
lone
+
-ly
Related forms
lone·li·ly,
adverb
lone·li·ness,
lone·li·hood,
noun
un·lone·ly,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
See
alone.
4.
uninhabited, unpopulated.
5.
secluded.
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World English Dictionary
lonely
(ˈləʊnlɪ)
—
adj
,
-lier
,
-liest
1.
unhappy as a result of being without the companionship of others:
a lonely man
2.
causing or resulting from the state of being alone:
a lonely existence
3.
isolated, unfrequented, or desolate
4.
without companions; solitary
'loneliness
—
n
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