loneliness

Definitions

1. solitude
2. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.
   uncountable, usually
3. The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.
   uncountable, usually
4. The state of being unfrequented or devoid of human activity (of a place or time).
   uncountable, usually
5. A desire to be alone; disposition to solitude.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

48 more languages

العربيةالوُحْدةانفرادتوحدعزلةوحدانيةوحدة+ 3 more

Azərbaycan diliyalnızlıq

Българскисамота

Bosanskiosamaosamljenostsamoćasamotnostосамаосамљеностсамотностсамоћа+ 5 more

Češtinaosamělost

Danskensomhed

Ελληνικάμοναξιά

Esperantosoleco

فارسیتنهایی

Suomihiljaisuusyksinäisyys

Gaeilgeuaigneas

Gàidhligaonaranachd

עבריתבדידות

हिन्दीअकेलापनतनहाईसुन्न

Hrvatskiosamaosamljenostsamoćasamotnostосамаосамљеностсамотностсамоћа+ 5 more

Magyarmagánymagányosság

Հայերենմիայնություն

Bahasa Indonesiakesendiriankesepian

Íslenskaeinmanaleikieinsemd

Italianosolitudine

日本語ひとりぼっち孤独寂寂しさ寂寞閑古鳥+ 3 more

ქართულიმარტოობა

Қазақ тіліжалғыздық

ភាសាខ្មែរនិជ្ជជនភាពឯកា

한국어고독외로움잠적적막+ 1 more

Кыргызчажалгыздык

Latinasecretumsolitassolitudo

Lietuviųvienišumas

Latviešuvientulība

Македонскиосаменост

മലയാളംഏകാന്തത

Bahasa Melayukesendirian

Nederlandseenzaamheid

Polskiodludnośćsamotność

Portuguêssolidão

Românăsingurătate

Русскийодиночество

Slovenščinasamota

Српскиosamaosamljenostsamoćasamotnostосамаосамљеностсамотностсамоћа+ 5 more

Sesothobodutu

Svenskaensamhet

Kiswahiliupweke

ไทยความเหงา

Türkmençeýalňyzlyk

Tagalogkalaiwanlaiw

Türkçeyalnızlık

Українськасамотасамо́тність

اردواکیلاپنتنہائی

Examples

“The loneliness resulting from the loss of loved ones, lack of purpose in life, and social discrimination is a real inner hell.”

“Cecilia proposed to her the society of Henrietta, which, glad to catch⟳ at any thing that would break⟳ into her loneliness, she listened to with pleasure […]”

“We […] feel⟳ deep pity for a man who is condemned to the loneliness of being remarkable […]”

“Loneliness got a mind⟳ of its own⟳ The more people around, the more you feel⟳ alone”

“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 […]”

“1657, Richard Ligon, A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados, London: Humphrey Moseley, Dedicatory letter to the Bishop of Salisbury, [I] was designing a piece of Landscape […] wherein I meant to expresse […] the beauties of the Vegetables, that do adorn that place⟳, in the highest perfection I could: But presently after, being cast⟳ into Prison, I was deprived both of light⟳ and lonelinesse, two main helpers in that Art […]”

“Wretched as were the little companions in misery he was leaving behind, they were the only friends he had ever known; and a sense⟳ of his loneliness in the great wide world sank into the child’s heart for the first 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 […]”

“In addition, the very loneliness of the road had its charm for him; since only at rare intervals is house seen by its side, and rarer still living creature encountered upon it.”

“The rest⟳ was all flat marsh. It would have⟳ been a depressing place⟳ on a wet⟳ evening. Seen under a morning sun, with a fresh wind blowing, and the air filled with the crying of birds, there was something fine and fresh and clean⟳ about its loneliness.”

“[…] I see⟳ The mystery of your loneliness, and find⟳ Your salt tears’ head: now to all sense⟳ ’tis gross You love⟳ my son […]”

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