loneliness (n.)

  1. the state of being alone in solitary isolation

    [ Syn: solitariness ]

  2. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

    [ Syn: forlornness , desolation ]

  3. a disposition toward being alone

    [ Syn: aloneness , lonesomeness , solitariness ]

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