loneliness

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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈləʊnlinəs/

lone•ly /ˈloʊnli/USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est.

having or suffering from a depressing feeling caused by being alone;
lonesome:felt lonely and without friends.
causing such a feeling:a lonely room.
lone;
solitary:a lonely tower on the plain.

lone•li•ness, n. [uncountable]

lone•ly (lōn′lē),USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est.

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.

lone + -ly 1600–10

lone′li•ly, adv.
lone′li•ness, lone′li•hood′, n.

alone.

'loneliness' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

empty-nest syndrome - Hall - pang - Redgrave - Sillitoe - Toc H - void - aching - affiliative drive - compound - desolation - resource - solitude

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Synonyms: solitude, isolation, lonesomeness, separation, solitariness, more...

Collocations: a [feeling, sense, sensation] of loneliness, [deepening, deep, terrible, profound] loneliness, [soul, heart] -wrenching loneliness, more...

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I felt the [consecration] of its loneliness
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to make some friends for his loneliness / to decrease his loneliness?

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