A Topical Dictionary: Search for loneliness

Dictionary Results For "loneliness" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

Pronunciation

: IPA: /ˈloʊnlinəs/,

Noun

An emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation.
an instance of being lonely

Related terms

solitude

Translations

Bosnian: {{t-|bs|samoća|f}}
Croatian: {{t-|hr|samoća|f}}
Czech: {{t-|cs|osamělost|f}}
French: {{t+|fr|solitude|f}}
German: {{t+|de|Einsamkeit|f}}
Greek: {{t|el|μοναξιά|f|sc=Grek}} (monaxiá) (instance or state)
Hindi: अकेलापन (akelāpan)
Kurdish:
: Kurmanji:
: Sorani: (tenhayî)

Portuguese: {{t+|pt|solidão|f}}
Serbian:
: Cyrillic: самоћа
: Roman: samoća
Spanish: {{t+|es|soledad|f}}
Urdu: {{t-|ur|اکیلاپن|m|sc=URchar|xs=Urdu}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Loneliness \Lone"li*ness\, n.
1. The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
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2. The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the
loneliness of a road.
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3. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
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I see
The mystery of your loneliness. --Shak.
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4. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
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Syn: Solitude; seclusion. See Solitude.
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WordNet loneliness
n 1: the state of being alone in solitary isolation [syn: solitariness]
2: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: forlornness,
desolation]
3: a disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness, lonesomeness,
solitude]

Moby Dictionary
alienation , aloneness , aloofness , celibacy , detachment , isolation ,
keeping apart , loneness , lonesomeness , moving apart , privacy ,
seclusion , separateness , sequestration , single blessedness ,
singleness , solitariness , solitude , splendid isolation ,
withdrawal