lonely

lonely

lonely [adjective] (UNHAPPY)

unhappy because you are not with other people

US /ˈloʊn.li/ 
UK /ˈləʊn.li/ 

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She gets lonely now that all the kids have left home.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

lonely

 adjective (lonelier, loneliest)

1 unhappy because you are not with other people:
She felt very lonely when she first went to live in the city.

2 far from other places:
a lonely house in the hills
Look at alone.

>> loneliness noun (no plural)

 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

lonely

lonely S3 /ˈləʊnli $ ˈloʊn-/ adjective (comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest)
1. unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to SYN lonesome American English:
a lonely old man
Don’t you get lonely being on your own all day?
► Do not use lonely to mean ‘without anyone else’. Use alone: She is afraid to travel alone (NOT travel lonely).
2. a lonely experience or situation makes you unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to:
a lonely journey
lonely life/existence
He led a lonely life with few friends.
3. the lonely [plural] people who are lonely
4. a lonely place is a long way from where people live and very few people go there SYN lonesome American English, remote, desolate
lonely place/road/spot etc
—loneliness noun [uncountable]
• • •

THESAURUS

lonely (also lonesome American English) unhappy because you are alone or do not have any friends: Tammy felt very lonely when she first arrived in New York. | Our neighbor George is a very lonely man. | I get so lonesome here with no one to talk to.
isolated lonely because your situation makes it difficult for you to meet people: People caring for sick relatives often feel very isolated. | Children of very rich parents can grow up isolated from the rest of society.
alienated feeling that you do not belong in a particular place or group: She felt very alienated as the only woman in the company. | In high school she felt somehow different and alienated from other students.
homesick unhappy because you are a long way from your home and the people who live there: When I first went to Germany, I was very homesick.
miss somebody used when saying that you feel unhappy because someone is not there with you: I miss you. | She misses her friends.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lonely

lone·ly [lonely lonelier loneliest]   [ˈləʊnli]    [ˈloʊnli]  adjective (lone·lier, lone·li·est)
1. unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to
• She lives alone and often feels lonely.

• As I didn't speak the language I grew lonelier and lonelier.

2. (of a situation or period of time) sad and spent alone

• all those lonely nights at home watching TV

3. only before noun (of places) where only a few people ever come or visit
Syn:  isolated
a lonely beach
Derived Word: loneliness  
Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from lone  + -ly.  
Thesaurus:
lonely adj.
1.
She lives alone and often feels lonely.
aloneisolateddesolate|written forlorn
feel lonely/alone/isolated/desolate/forlorn
Lonely or alone? Alone is slightly more informal than lonely and cannot be used before a noun.
2. usually before noun
He thought of those lonely nights watching TV.
solitaryaloneby yourselfon your own
a lonely/solitary existence/life/walk  
Which Word?:
alone / lonely / lone
Alone, and on your own /by yourself (which are less formal and are the normal phrases used in spoken English), describe a person or thing that is separate from others. They do not mean that the person is unhappy: I like being alone in the house. I’m going to London by myself next week. I want to finish this on my own (= without anyone’s help) .
Lone/solitary/single mean that there is only one person or thing there; lone and solitary may sometimes suggest that the speaker thinks the person involved is lonely: a lone jogger in the park long, solitary walks
Lonely (NAmE also lonesome) means that you are alone and sad: a lonely child Sam was very lonely when he first moved to New York. It can also describe places or activities that make you feel lonely: a lonely house  
Example Bank:
It gets pretty lonely here in winter.
She felt oddly lonely without her books.
She was desperately lonely at school.
As I didn't speak the language I grew lonelier and lonelier.
He thought back to all those lonely nights at home watching TV.
• The support they give to lonely old people is invaluable.

• There are times when I feel very lonely.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

lonely / ˈləʊn.li /   / ˈloʊn- / adjective

B1 unhappy because you are not with other people:

She gets lonely now that all the kids have left home.

the lonely life of a farmer

B2 A lonely place is a long way from where people live:

a lonely stretch of Arizona highway

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

lonely

[lo͟ʊnli]
 lonelier, loneliest
 1) ADJ-GRADED Someone who is lonely is unhappy because they are alone or do not have anyone they can talk to.
  ...lonely people who just want to talk...
  I feel lonelier in the middle of London than I do on my boat in the middle of nowhere.
 N-PLURAL: the N
 The lonely are people who are lonely. He looks for the lonely, the lost, the unloved.
 2) ADJ-GRADED A lonely situation or period of time is one in which you feel unhappy because you are alone or do not have anyone to talk to.
  I desperately needed something to occupy me during those long, lonely nights.
  ...her lonely childhood.
 3) ADJ-GRADED A lonely place is one where very few people come.
  It felt like the loneliest place in the world.
  ...dark, lonely streets.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

lonely

 

lone·ly /ˈloʊnli/ adj lone·li·er; -est [also more ~; most ~]
1 : sad from being apart from other people
• He was/felt lonely without his wife and children.
• a lonely old man
• feeling lonely
• She was a lonely child with few friends.
2 : causing sad feelings that come from being apart from other people
• It was lonely living out in the country.
• She spent too many lonely nights at home.
• She had a lonely childhood.
• It's lonely at the top. [=powerful and successful people often have few friends]
3 : not visited by or traveled on by many people
• a lonely spot in the woods
• a lonely stretch of road
- lone·li·ness /ˈloʊnlinəs/ noun [noncount]

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