lonely

  • 11Lonely — *Loneliness, the state of feeling lonely, describes a human state or feeling involving isolation, or the feeling of disconnection with others, etc. Lonely is also the name of many notable songs: * Lonely is a 1988 song from Crimson Glory s album… …

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  • 12lonely — [[t]lo͟ʊnli[/t]] lonelier, loneliest 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is lonely is unhappy because they are alone or do not have anyone they can talk to. ...lonely people who just want to talk... I feel lonelier in the middle of London than I do on my… …

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  • 13lonely */*/ — UK [ˈləʊnlɪ] / US [ˈloʊnlɪ] adjective Word forms lonely : adjective lonely comparative lonelier superlative loneliest 1) a) unhappy because you are alone or because you have no friends She must feel desperately lonely with all her family in… …

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  • 14lonely — lone|ly [ lounli ] adjective ** 1. ) unhappy because you are alone or have no friends: She must feel desperately lonely with all her family in Scotland. a ) done or happening while you are alone and feeling lonely: a long lonely walk a lonely… …

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  • 15lonely — /ˈloʊnli / (say lohnlee) adjective (lonelier, loneliest) 1. lone; solitary; without company. 2. destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship or relationships: a lonely exile. 3. remote from people or places of human activity: a lonely road …

  • 16lonely*/ — [ˈləʊnli] adj 1) unhappy because you are alone or have no friends a lonely childhood[/ex] She must feel desperately lonely with all her family in Scotland.[/ex] 2) a lonely place is far from where people live or go Syn: remote a lonely stretch of …

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  • 17lonely — lonelily, adv. loneliness, lonelihood, n. /lohn lee/, adj., lonelier, loneliest. 1. affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome. 2. destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse,… …

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  • 18lonely — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, get ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …

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  • 19lonely — adjective 1 unhappy because you are alone and feel that you do not have anyone to talk to: Don t you get lonely being on your own all day? 2 especially literary a place that is lonely is a long way from where people live and very few people go… …

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  • 20lonely — adjective 1) I felt very lonely Syn: isolated, alone, lonesome, friendless, with no one to turn to, forsaken, abandoned, rejected, unloved, unwanted, outcast; gloomy, sad, depressed, desolate, forlorn, cheerless …

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