LONELINESS

Loneliness

Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant emotional response to isolation or lack of companionship. Loneliness typically includes anxious feelings about a lack of connectedness or communality with other beings, both in the present and extending into the future. As such, loneliness can be felt even when surrounded by other people. The causes of loneliness are varied and include social, mental or emotional factors.

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loneliness

Noun

  1. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
  2. The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
  3. The state of being unfrequented.
    the loneliness of a road
  4. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
    I see / The mystery of your loneliness. — Shakespeare.


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