lonely
affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse, support, etc.: a lonely exile.
lone; solitary; without company; companionless.
remote from places of human habitation; desolate; unfrequented; bleak: a lonely road.
standing apart; isolated: a lonely tower.
Origin of lonely
1synonym study For lonely
Other words for lonely
Other words from lonely
- lone·li·ly, adverb
- lone·li·ness, lone·li·hood, noun
- un·lone·ly, adjective
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How to use lonely in a sentence
Horniness packs side-by-side by with a deeper loneliness along the walls of The Park.
The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for Shots | Emily Shire | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe spent almost two years in a nursing home – two years of loneliness she would like to forget.
Care Providers Fight for $15 and a Union | Jasmin Almodovar, Shirley Thompson | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt suggests that love and loneliness are not separate things.
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Ian McEwan's New Novel Keeps Life at Arm's Length | Nick Romeo | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese include tips on how to avoid boredom, loneliness, frustration, and anxiety.
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He remembered standing once before on this very spot, that foreboding of coming loneliness so strangely in his heart.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodAt first I almost perished with loneliness, but now that I have a few acquaintances here I am enjoying it.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayIt was the starving sense of loneliness, the aching sense of loss, the yearning and the vain desire that made it seem so long.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodNot too big for the fiery old heart that trouble and toil and hunger and loneliness had never quenched.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardAnd he was a little sorry for himself and the loneliness which, he felt, would be his hereafter; but that was by the way.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for lonely
/ (ˈləʊnlɪ) /
unhappy as a result of being without the companionship of others: a lonely man
causing or resulting from the state of being alone: a lonely existence
isolated, unfrequented, or desolate
without companions; solitary
Derived forms of lonely
- loneliness, noun
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