lonely
lonely is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Alone, or in want of company; forsaken. To the misled and lonely traveler. Milton.
- 2.Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.
- 3.Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome. I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely. H. James.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abstract
- ace
- alone
- and
- apart
- atomic
- azygous
- beat
- but
- combine
- compact
- desolate
- dine
- disjoin
- disjunction
- dreary
- else
- first
- fort
- half
- indiscerptible
- individual
- individuality
- indivisible
- insecable
- inseverable
- insular
- irresolvable
- isolate
- isolated
- isolation
- itself
- join
- last
- lone
- lonesome
- monospermous
- none
- number
- odd
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is lonely.
- What is alone, or in want of company; forsaken. To the misled and lonely traveler. Milton called?
- What is not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood called?
- What is having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome. I am very often alone. I don't mean I am lonely. H. James called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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