Meaning of LONELY
| Pronunciation: | | 'lownlee
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| | Definition: | | [adj] marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dejected, lonesome |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lone"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lonelier}; superl. {Loneliest}.]
[Shortened fr. alonely.]
1. Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired;
as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.
2. Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.
To the misled and lonely traveler. --Milton.
3. Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.
4. Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from
the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.
I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely.
--H. James.
Syn: Solitary; lone; lonesome; retired; unfrequented;
sequestered; secluded.
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| | Related Terms: | | abandoned, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof, apart, barren, companionless, deserted, desolate, detached, forsaken, friendless, homeless, in solitude, insular, isolated, kithless, lone, lonesome, one, outcast, reclusive, removed, retiring, rootless, secluded, separate, separated, single, single-handed, sole, solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattended, unescorted, uninhabited, unseconded, unsocial, unsupported, withdrawn |
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