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noun

    The quality or state of being alone: aloneness, isolation, singleness, solitariness, solitude. See include/exclude.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of being alone in solitary isolation
  Synonym: solitariness

Meaning #2: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
  Synonyms: forlornness, desolation

Meaning #3: a disposition toward being alone
  Synonyms: aloneness, lonesomeness, solitude

 
Misspellings: loneliness
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Common misspelling(s) of loneliness

  • lonelyness

 
 
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Robinson, H. Wheeler (Quotes By)
elengeness
Martin, Bernard M. (Quotes By)

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