Loneliness

English

Noun

Loneliness (countable and uncountable; plural Lonelinesses)

1. (uncountable) An emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation.
2. (countable) an instance of being lonely

Adjectives for Loneliness

supreme; visionary; abstracted; infinite; mossy; tragic; unutterable; oppressive; indescribable; multitudinous; infinitesimal; appalling; palatial; dreary; empty; bitter; unbearable; intolerable.

Verbs for Loneliness

abate—; assuage—; conceal—; decry—; dissipate—; drive away—; evince—; fear—; guard against—; heighten—; overcome—; ravage by—; shroud in—; stress—; succumb to—; —accompanies; —assails; —engulfs; —envelops; —penetrates.

Thesaurus

alienation, aloofness, celibacy, detachment, isolation, keeping apart, lonesomeness, moving apart, privacy, seclusion, separateness, sequestration, single blessedness, singleness, solitariness, solitude, splendid isolation, withdrawal

Related terms

• solitude

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈloʊnlinəs/, SAMPA: /"loUnlin@s/

• Audio (US)

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