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Loneliness

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Noun

1. loneliness, solitariness

the state of being alone in solitary isolation

2. desolation, forlornness, loneliness

sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

3. aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness

a disposition toward being alone

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Loneliness

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adj. lone·li·er, lone·li·est
1.
a. Dejected by the awareness of being alone. See Synonyms at alone.
b. Producing such dejection: the loneliest night of the week.
2. Without others of a similar kind; lone; solitary: "a lonely band of lawyers up against the might of the American legal establishment" (Nick Kotz).
3. Unfrequented by people; desolate: a lonely crossroads.

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