loneliness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From lonely + -ness.
Base: lonely
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: lonelinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lanelines
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Scotland
Senses:
gloss: A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The loneliness resulting from the loss of loved ones, lack of purpose in life, and social discrimination is a real inner hell.
Cecilia proposed to her the society of Henrietta, which, glad to catch at any thing that would break into her loneliness, she listened to with pleasure […]
We […] feel deep pity for a man who is condemned to the loneliness of being remarkable […]
Loneliness got a mind of its own
The more people around, the more you feel alone
But if the point of living lies in relationships with other people, then it’s hard to think of A.I. assistants that imitate humans without nervousness. I don’t think they’re going to solve the loneliness epidemic at all.
gloss: The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Hitherto all things that have bin nam’d, were approv’d of God to be very good: lonelines is the first thing which Gods eye nam’d not good […]
1657, Richard Ligon, A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados, London: Humphrey Moseley, Dedicatory letter to the Bishop of Salisbury,
[I] was designing a piece of Landscape […] wherein I meant to expresse […] the beauties of the Vegetables, that do adorn that place, in the highest perfection I could: But presently after, being cast into Prison, I was deprived both of light and lonelinesse, two main helpers in that Art […]
Wretched as were the little companions in misery he was leaving behind, they were the only friends he had ever known; and a sense of his loneliness in the great wide world sank into the child’s heart for the first time.
gloss: The state of being unfrequented or devoid of human activity (of a place or time).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: 1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, London: G.G. & J. Robinson, Volume 4, Chapter 3, p. 50,
[…] as she sat at her bed-side, indulging melancholy reveries, which the loneliness of the hour assisted […]
In addition, the very loneliness of the road had its charm for him; since only at rare intervals is house seen by its side, and rarer still living creature encountered upon it.
The rest was all flat marsh. It would have been a depressing place on a wet evening. Seen under a morning sun, with a fresh wind blowing, and the air filled with the crying of birds, there was something fine and fresh and clean about its loneliness.
gloss: A desire to be alone; disposition to solitude.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
usually
examples: […] I see
The mystery of your loneliness, and find
Your salt tears’ head: now to all sense ’tis gross
You love my son […]
Synonyms: ellingness
forlornness
lonelihood
loneliness
lonesomeness
monopathy
Antonyms: companionship
fellowship
sociableness
isolophilia
Related words: elengeness
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: vetmi
lang: Amharic
word: ብቸኛነት
roman: bəčäñanät
lang: Arabic
word: اِنْفِرَاد
roman: infirād
lang: Arabic
word: عُزْلَة
roman: ʕuzla
lang: Arabic
word: وَحْدَة
roman: waḥda
lang: Armenian
word: միայնություն
roman: miaynutʻyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tənhalıq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yalnızlıq
lang: Belarusian
word: само́тнасць
roman: samótnascʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: адзіно́та
roman: adzinóta
lang: Belarusian
word: само́та
roman: samóta
lang: Bulgarian
word: самота́
roman: samotá
lang: Bulgarian
word: само́тност
roman: samótnost
lang: Burmese
word: အထီးကျန်ခြင်း
roman: a.hti:kyanhkrang:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 寂寞
roman: jìmò
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 孤獨 /孤独
roman: gūdú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 孤丁
roman: gūdīng
lang: Czech
word: osamělost
lang: Danish
word: ensomhed
lang: Dutch
word: eenzaamheid
lang: Esperanto
word: soleco
lang: Estonian
word: üksildus
lang: Faroese
word: einsemi
lang: Finnish
word: yksinäisyys
lang: French
word: solitude
lang: Galician
word: soidade
lang: Georgian
word: მარტოობა
roman: marṭooba
lang: German
word: Einsamkeit
lang: Greek
word: μοναξιά
roman: monaxiá
lang: Hebrew
word: בְּדִידוּת
roman: b'didút
lang: Hindi
word: अकेलापन
roman: akelāpan
lang: Hindi
word: तनहाई
roman: tanhāī
lang: Hungarian
word: magányosság
lang: Hungarian
word: magány
lang: Hunsrik
word: Eensamkeet
lang: Hunsrik
word: Eensamkeit
lang: Icelandic
word: einmanaleiki
lang: Icelandic
word: einsemd
lang: Indonesian
word: kesendirian
lang: Indonesian
word: kesepian
lang: Irish
word: uaigneas
lang: Italian
word: solitudine
lang: Japanese
word: 孤独
roman: kodoku
lang: Japanese
word: 寂しさ
roman: sabishisa
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: solidon
lang: Kazakh
word: жалғыздық
roman: jalğyzdyq
lang: Kazakh
word: жалқылық
roman: jalqylyq
lang: Khmer
word: ឯកា
roman: ʼaekaa
lang: Korean
word: 고독
roman: godok
lang: Korean
word: 외로움
roman: oeroum
lang: Central Kurdish
word: تەنھایی
roman: tenhayî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: tenêtî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жалгыздык
roman: jalgızdık
lang: Latin
word: sōlitās
lang: Latin
word: sōlitūdō
lang: Latvian
word: vientulība
lang: Lithuanian
word: vienišùmas
lang: Macedonian
word: осаменост
roman: osamenost
lang: Malay
word: kesendirian
lang: Malayalam
word: ഏകാന്തത
roman: ēkāntata
lang: Marathi
word: एकटेपणा
roman: ekṭepṇā
lang: Mongolian
word: ганцаардал
roman: gancaardal
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ensomhet
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: einsemd
lang: Persian
word: تنهایی
roman: tanhâyi
lang: Polish
word: samotność
lang: Portuguese
word: solidão
lang: Romanian
word: singurătate
lang: Russian
word: одино́чество
roman: odinóčestvo
lang: Sanskrit
word: रहस्
roman: rahas
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: aonaranachd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: самоћа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: самoст
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: осамљеност
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: усамљеност
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: самота
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: samoća
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: samost
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: osamljenost
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: usamljenost
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: samota
lang: Slovak
word: osamelosť
lang: Slovene
word: osamljenost
lang: Slovene
word: samóta
lang: Spanish
word: soledad
lang: Swahili
word: upweke
lang: Swedish
word: ensamhet
lang: Tagalog
word: kalaiwan
lang: Tagalog
word: laiw
lang: Tajik
word: танҳоӣ
roman: tanhoyi
lang: Thai
word: ความเหงา
roman: kwaam-ngǎo
lang: Turkish
word: yalnızlık
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یالڭزلك
roman: yalñızlık
lang: Turkmen
word: ýalňyzlyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: само́тність
roman: samótnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: самі́тність
roman: samítnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: самота́
roman: samotá
lang: Ukrainian
word: самоти́на
roman: samotýna
lang: Ukrainian
word: самотина́
roman: samotyná
lang: Urdu
word: اکیلاپن
roman: akelāpan
lang: Urdu
word: تنہائی
roman: tanhāī
lang: Uzbek
word: yolgʻizlik
lang: Vietnamese
word: sự cô đơn
lang: Yiddish
word: איינזאַמקייט
roman: eynzamkeyt