loneliness

Meanings

Plural: lonelinesses

Noun

• the state of being alone in solitary isolation
• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
• a disposition toward being alone
• A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.
• The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.
• The state of being unfrequented or devoid of human activity (of a place or time).
• A desire to be alone; disposition to solitude.

Synonyms

aloneness, desolation, ellingness, forlornness, friendlessness, isolation, lonelihood, loneliness, loneness, lonesomeness, monopathy, onehead, oneship, onliness, onlyhood, seclusion, solitariness, solitude, unfrequentedness

Antonyms

companionship, fellowship, isolophilia, sociableness

Related Words

elengeness