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