Associations to the word «Loneliness»

Wiktionary

LONELINESS, noun. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
LONELINESS, noun. The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
LONELINESS, noun. The state of being unfrequented.
LONELINESS, noun. (obsolete) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.

Dictionary definition

LONELINESS, noun. The state of being alone in solitary isolation.
LONELINESS, noun. Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned.
LONELINESS, noun. A disposition toward being alone.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats