loneliness
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loneliness
- /ˈloʊnlinəs/ US
Where it comes from
From lonely + -ness.
noun lonelinesses · lanelines
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A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.
The loneliness resulting from the loss of loved ones, lack of purpose in life, and social discrimination is a real inner hell.
Similar: ellingness, lonesomeness
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The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.
Hitherto all things that have bin nam’d, were approv’d of God to be very good: lonelines is the first thing which Gods eye nam’d not good […]
Similar: aloneness, friendlessness, isolation, loneliness, loneness, onehead, oneship, onlyhood, onliness, seclusion, solitariness, solitude
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The state of being unfrequented or devoid of human activity (of a place or time).
1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, London: G.G. & J. Robinson, Volume 4, Chapter 3, p. 50,
[…] as she sat at her bed-side, indulging melancholy reveries, which the loneliness of the hour assisted […]
Similar: unfrequentedness
- A desire to be alone; disposition to solitude. […] I see The mystery of your loneliness, and find Your salt tears’ head: now to all sense ’tis gross You love my son […]
Similar: ellingness, forlornness, lonelihood, loneliness, lonesomeness, monopathy · Opposite: companionship, fellowship, sociableness, isolophilia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lonesomeness, aloneness, solitariness, solitude, forlornness, desolation, lonely, alone, sole, isolation, whispering, unity, limelight, seclusion, estrangement, detachment
noun
Similar: ellingness, forlornness, lonelihood, loneliness, lonesomeness, monopathy · Opposite: companionship, fellowship, sociableness, isolophilia
Translations
Every language
noun condition of being lonely
| Español | soledad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고독 godok, 외로움 oeroum |
| 日本語 | 孤独 kodoku, 寂しさ sabishisa |
| 中文 | 寂寞 jìmò, 孤獨 /孤独 gūdú, 孤丁 gūdīng |
| हिन्दी | अकेलापन akelāpan, तनहाई tanhāī |
| Kiswahili | upweke |
| Português | solidão |
| Français | solitude |
| Deutsch | Einsamkeit |
| Italiano | solitudine |
| Ελληνικά | μοναξιά monaxiá |
| Română | singurătate |
| Русский | одино́чество odinóčestvo |
| Tiếng Việt | sự cô đơn |
| العربية | اِنْفِرَاد infirād, عُزْلَة ʕuzla, وَحْدَة waḥda |
| עברית | בְּדִידוּת b'didút |
Talk about this word "loneliness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/loneliness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. loneliness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/loneliness "loneliness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/loneliness.Cite this
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title = {loneliness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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