Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)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.

  2. (uncountable, usually)The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.

    Einsamkeit

    одино́чествоodinóčestvo

    само́тністьsamótnistʹ, самі́тністьsamítnistʹ, самота́samotá

    the state of being alone in solitary isolation

  3. (uncountable, usually)The state of being unfrequented or devoid of human activity (of a place or time).

  4. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)A desire to be alone; disposition to solitude.

    a disposition toward being alone

Examples

78 sentences
  1. There's nothing worse than loneliness.

    Немає нічого гіршого, ніж самотність.

    ruНет ничего хуже одиночества.

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  2. What's the best cure for loneliness?

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  3. I feel your pain and loneliness.

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  4. The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

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  5. I feel your loneliness.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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condition of being lonely:
Deutsch
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condition of being lonely:

Origin

From lonely + -ness.

From lonely + -ness.

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Forms

plural: lonelinesses

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlonely

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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