LONELINESS


Meaning of LONELINESS in English

ˈlōnlēnə̇s, -lin- noun

( -es )

1.

a. : the fact or condition of being alone : isolation

had become frightened by the loneliness of her position in life — Sherwood Anderson

the impersonality and loneliness of modern mass civilization — C.B.Forcey

b. : a seclusion from others : a deliberately selected state of solitude : separateness

holding herself aloof in chosen loneliness — P.E.More

2. : a remoteness from human habitation : bleakness , desolateness

the loneliness of the spot was set off by the unbroken snow around it

3. : a state of dejection or grief caused by the condition of being alone

felt so forlorn, so helpless, filled as she was with gnawing loneliness — O.E.Rölvaag

often the artist has an aching sense of great loneliness — J.R.Oppenheimer

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.