Word Meanings - LONELINESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion. 2. The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road. 3. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude. I see The mystery of your loneliness. Shak. 4. A feeling of
Additional info about word: LONELINESS
1. The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion. 2. The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road. 3. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude. I see The mystery of your loneliness. Shak. 4. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone. Syn. -- Solitude; seclusion. See Solitude.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LONELINESS)
- Solitude
- Loneliness
- remoteness
- seclusion
- retirement
- isolation
- wildness
- desertion
- barrenness
- wilderness
- privacy
Related words: (words related to LONELINESS)
- RETIREMENT
1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson. 2. A place of seclusion - SOLITUDE
1. state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness. Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Bacon. O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face Cowper. 2. Remoteness - WILDNESS
The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction. - PRIVACY
1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. 2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe. 3. Concealment of what is said - LONELINESS
1. The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion. 2. The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road. 3. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude. I see The mystery of your loneliness. Shak. 4. A feeling of - WILDERNESS
1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller. 2. A disorderly or - SECLUSION
The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion. O blest seclusion from a jarring world, which he, thus occupied, enjoys! Cowper. Syn. -- Solitude; - BARRENNESS
The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. A total barrenness of invention. Dryden. - ISOLATION
The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. Milman. - DESERTION
1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service. Such a resignation would