loneliness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
  2. noun sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
  3. noun a disposition toward being alone

Etymology

From lonely + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

solitariness

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