English Explanatory Dictionary

loneliness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈloʊnlinəs/ En-us-loneliness.ogg

Word forms

loneliness lonelinesses lanelines

Etymology

From lonely + -ness.

Synonyms

ellingness forlornness lonelihood loneliness lonesomeness monopathy aloneness friendlessness isolation loneness onehead oneship onlyhood onliness seclusion solitariness solitude unfrequentedness

Antonyms

companionship fellowship sociableness isolophilia

Related words

elengeness

Translations

Albanian: vetmi Arabic: اِنْفِرَاد Arabic: عُزْلَة Arabic: وَحْدَة Armenian: միայնություն Azerbaijani: tənhalıq Azerbaijani: yalnızlıq Belarusian: само́тнасць Belarusian: адзіно́та Belarusian: само́та Bulgarian: самота́ Bulgarian: само́тност Burmese: အထီးကျန်ခြင်း Chinese Mandarin: 寂寞 Chinese Mandarin: 孤獨 /孤独 Chinese Mandarin: 孤丁 Czech: osamělost Danish: ensomhed Dutch: eenzaamheid Esperanto: soleco Estonian: üksildus Faroese: einsemi Finnish: yksinäisyys French: solitude Galician: soidade Georgian: მარტოობა German: Einsamkeit Greek: μοναξιά Hebrew: בְּדִידוּת Hindi: अकेलापन Hindi: तनहाई Hungarian: magányosság Hungarian: magány Hunsrik: Eensamkeet Hunsrik: Eensamkeit Icelandic: einmanaleiki Icelandic: einsemd Indonesian: kesendirian Indonesian: kesepian Irish: uaigneas Italian: solitudine Japanese: 孤独 Japanese: 寂しさ Kabuverdianu: solidon Kazakh: жалғыздық Kazakh: жалқылық Khmer: ឯកា Korean: 고독 Korean: 외로움 Central Kurdish: تەنھایی Northern Kurdish: tenêtî Kyrgyz: жалгыздык Latin: sōlitās Latin: sōlitūdō Latvian: vientulība Lithuanian: vienišùmas Macedonian: осаменост
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