loneliness (n.)

1580s, "condition of being solitary," from lonely + -ness. Meaning "feeling of being dejected from want of companionship or sympathy" is from 1814.

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lonely (adj.)

c. 1600, "solitary, lone; unfrequented," from lone + -ly (1). Meaning "dejected for want of company" is from 1811. Lonely heart (n.) "a lonely-hearted person" is from 1922. Lonely hearted (adj.) is attested from 1820.

-ness

word-forming element denoting action, quality, or state, attached to an adjective or past participle to form an abstract noun, from Old English -nes(s), from Proto-Germanic *in-assu- (cognates: Old Saxon -nissi, Middle Dutch -nisse, Dutch -nis, Old High German -nissa, German -nis, Gothic -inassus), from *-in-, originally belonging to the noun stem, + *-assu-, abstract noun suffix, probably from the same root as Latin -tudo (see -tude).

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Definitions of loneliness

loneliness (n.)

the state of being alone in solitary isolation;

Synonyms: solitariness

loneliness (n.)

sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned;

Synonyms: forlornness / desolation

loneliness (n.)

a disposition toward being alone;

Synonyms: aloneness / lonesomeness / solitariness

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