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lonely

  • adjective
  • lone·ly
  • /ˈləʊnli/

unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.

Other meanings

  1. unfrequented by people; desolate.

  2. without companions; solitary.

Related words

  • lonelihood
  • lonelily
  • lonelyhearted
  • nonlonely
  • unlonely
  • plough a lonely furrow
  • it's lonely at the top
  • lonely-heart
  • lonely-hearted
  • lonely-hearts

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “lonely” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.