loneliness
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- noun
- /ˈloʊnlinəs/
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soledad
- Many people experience loneliness when they move to a new city far from home.
- feelings of loneliness
- loneliness and isolation
- experience loneliness
At the end of the day, loneliness isn't about quantity.
- At the end of the day, loneliness isn't about quantity.
- You weren't going to leave for various reasons, fear, loneliness, attacks, whatever.
- There has never been such suffering, such loneliness, A genuine isolation.
- Some are simply human feelings of loneliness, personal and existential.
- You must have heard in England they have started even loneliness ministry, right?
- And, you know, I think we live in a loneliness epidemic.
- If you want to beat loneliness, it's not just about making connections.
- And as time goes on, no contact can mean tremendous loneliness later in life.
- And the worst part is the, the loneliness that comes with that.
- So we just sent him home to the same loneliness that he came from.
Examples
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I use the Internet because it enables me to escape loneliness and have the company of others.
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In the past year, I've lived a lifetime of loneliness and heartache.
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And what does loneliness do to the body?
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I know the loneliness of that pain.
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Have you ever felt that kind of loneliness?
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And what I like to tell people is loneliness is nothing to be ashamed of.
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And, you know, I think we live in a loneliness epidemic.
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There has never been such suffering, such loneliness, A genuine isolation.
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Some are simply human feelings of loneliness, personal and existential.
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In addition, extensive research has been conducted on the prevalence of loneliness in a university student population.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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3.7
A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally
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7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
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7.6
A feeling of deep sadness and emptiness after being left alone
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7.4
A feeling of being separate from other people and the world
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8.1
A feeling of not having a permanent home or place to belong
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7.7
Feeling separate from a group or community
A feeling of deep sadness and loneliness when you are left alone
A feeling of being very lonely and empty after loss
A state of having no close emotional ties to other people
A feeling of not being accepted or part of a group
A situation where a person has no friends and feels lonely
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A very common situation where many people feel alone and lack close friends
How Lonely
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loneliness comes from the simple word lone, related to alone, which means 'one' or 'by yourself', plus the ending -ness that means 'a state'. So loneliness is the 'state of being one' and often means the sad, empty feeling of being alone and cut off from others.