lonely

Definition

Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.

Etymology

From lone + -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.

Example Sentences

• "At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song"
• "Well, since my baby left me, Well, I found a new place to dwell. Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel. Where I'll be, I'll be so lonely, baby Well, I'm so lonely I'll be so lonely, I could die."
• "LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle."

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