Meanings
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1
noun
The sad feeling of being alone and without company.
After her husband died, she struggled with terrible loneliness.
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2
noun
The state of being alone or far from other people.
He enjoyed the loneliness of the empty mountain trail.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
noun
· the sad feeling of being...
lonesomeness
Opposites
Word family
Related forms
elengeness
Etymology
From lonely + -ness.