LONELY


Meaning of LONELY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ loʊnli ]

( lonelier, loneliest)

1.

Someone who is lonely is unhappy because they are alone or do not have anyone they can talk to.

...lonely people who just want to talk...

I feel lonelier in the middle of London than I do on my boat in the middle of nowhere.

ADJ

The lonely are people who are lonely.

He looks for the lonely, the lost, the unloved.

N-PLURAL : the N

2.

A lonely situation or period of time is one in which you feel unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to.

I desperately needed something to occupy me during those long, lonely nights.

...her lonely childhood.

ADJ

3.

A lonely place is one where very few people come.

It felt like the loneliest place in the world.

...dark, lonely streets.

ADJ

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