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词汇 loneliness
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Definition of loneliness in English:

loneliness

noun ˈləʊnlɪnɪsˈloʊnlinəs
mass noun
  • 1Sadness because one has no friends or company.

    feelings of depression and loneliness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the funeral, visits and invitations to those bereaved might help ease some of the loneliness and isolation.
    • Does the applicant act out of an aching loneliness, out of a need to have and control a source of love and affectional response?
    • A numb frozen loneliness came over him and overpowered him.
    • Crying is now seen as a normal male reaction to anything from bereavement to loneliness to a moving scene on television.
    • Hopefully my loneliness hasn't permeated my writing and bummed you all out.
    • He wept for his cousin, he wept for his loneliness, and most of all he wept for the only woman he could ever love.
    • Females who were taught not to trust strangers consistently experienced greater fear of intimacy and more loneliness than did those who were not trained to distrust strangers.
    • Nurses should be aware, however, that isolation may cause loneliness, stress, or anxiety in patients.
    • What does transpire, then, is a genuine tale of loss, loneliness, and a wrenching longing for personal redemption.
    • Again and again loneliness and dissatisfaction would creep into my spirit when the parties were over and I was alone.
    • Marriage was the only thing her mother could talk about when she called home and somehow that set a raw edge to her acute loneliness.
    • She was very happy of course, but the happiness was tempered by inexplicable loneliness and a feeling almost like envy, which she tried very hard not to feel.
    • Support is seen as essential as victims may quickly develop feelings of isolation, loneliness, anxiety, withdrawal or depression.
    • That sense of emptiness also can be experienced as loneliness or depression, two other top triggers for your overeating.
    • Soon I realized I was using his energy to fill the loneliness I felt.
    • Many feel desperate to return to city life because of the feelings of desperation and loneliness they experience in a countryside setting.
    • Indeed, being alone in a crowd can give us a profound sense of loneliness.
    • But none of these figures can begin to communicate the loneliness so many survivors feel, even when surrounded by thousands of others just like them.
    • Helping to ease the sense of isolation or loneliness, talk therapy focuses on revising the negative thoughts and feelings associated with depression.
    • Elderly women score more favorably on measures of mental health and college-aged women report less loneliness if they live with pets rather than alone.
    Synonyms
    isolation, friendlessness, lack of friends/companions, forsakenness, abandonment, rejection
    unpopularity
    sadness, unhappiness, forlornness, despondency
    North American lonesomeness
    solitariness, solitude, lack of company, aloneness, separation
    isolation, remoteness, inaccessibility, seclusion, secludedness
    desertedness
    1. 1.1 The fact of being without companions; solitariness.
      the loneliness of a sailor's life
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The play's stand-off reflects the loneliness of both the writing and reading process.
      • However, you can learn to live with loneliness, to overcome it and survive.
      • Finally, technology threatens to depersonalize our lives and increase our ultimate loneliness.
      • I used to be able to withstand the loneliness of my personal life by finding refuge in the comfort and familiarity of work.
      • The loneliness forced upon her by her sickness is what makes her so special.
      • All eyes turned to him and for the first time he understood what his father had meant when he talked about the loneliness of command.
      • I like the loneliness of it, because there's not so many people you have to deal with.
      • This is how I discovered my real self and overcame my terror of loneliness, poverty, death and all other potential disasters.
      • Especially on the left, the defeat in 1849 provoked a period of reassessment which, together with the hardship and loneliness of political exile, led to some substantial political realignments.
      • Have you seen the loneliness of the middle distance runner?
      • Studies have shown that loneliness can contribute to poor health and illness.
      • It charted the bittersweetness of motherhood, the loneliness of being stuck in the countryside and the hilarity of daily life.
      • He complained to his friends about the loneliness of his position, the crushing responsibility he had and the lack of clear political guidance.
      • Loneliness has rarely sounded so celebratory or inviting.
      • I had been there since that September and was starting to feel the loneliness of the situation.
      • However, while Buffy explored the loneliness of being a hero, Cody just exploits the concept.
      • Her concerns range from shocking acts of internecine slaughter to the emotional loneliness of the war reporter.
      • Internationally, there is widespread concern with a break down in community values in developed countries and unacceptable levels of isolation, loneliness and social disintegration, to which Ireland is not immune.
      • He finds his comfortable loneliness turned upside down when a Chinese American woman enters his world and challenges him to embrace life.
      • Learning to deal with loneliness is an art.
  • 2(of a place) the quality of being unfrequented and remote; isolation.

    the loneliness of the farm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's not the wind you hear; it's the loneliness of the empty farmyards.

Definition of loneliness in US English:

loneliness

nounˈloʊnlinəsˈlōnlēnəs
  • 1Sadness because one has no friends or company.

    feelings of depression and loneliness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Crying is now seen as a normal male reaction to anything from bereavement to loneliness to a moving scene on television.
    • Support is seen as essential as victims may quickly develop feelings of isolation, loneliness, anxiety, withdrawal or depression.
    • He wept for his cousin, he wept for his loneliness, and most of all he wept for the only woman he could ever love.
    • Marriage was the only thing her mother could talk about when she called home and somehow that set a raw edge to her acute loneliness.
    • Indeed, being alone in a crowd can give us a profound sense of loneliness.
    • Nurses should be aware, however, that isolation may cause loneliness, stress, or anxiety in patients.
    • She was very happy of course, but the happiness was tempered by inexplicable loneliness and a feeling almost like envy, which she tried very hard not to feel.
    • Many feel desperate to return to city life because of the feelings of desperation and loneliness they experience in a countryside setting.
    • A numb frozen loneliness came over him and overpowered him.
    • But none of these figures can begin to communicate the loneliness so many survivors feel, even when surrounded by thousands of others just like them.
    • What does transpire, then, is a genuine tale of loss, loneliness, and a wrenching longing for personal redemption.
    • Again and again loneliness and dissatisfaction would creep into my spirit when the parties were over and I was alone.
    • Soon I realized I was using his energy to fill the loneliness I felt.
    • Helping to ease the sense of isolation or loneliness, talk therapy focuses on revising the negative thoughts and feelings associated with depression.
    • Elderly women score more favorably on measures of mental health and college-aged women report less loneliness if they live with pets rather than alone.
    • Does the applicant act out of an aching loneliness, out of a need to have and control a source of love and affectional response?
    • Females who were taught not to trust strangers consistently experienced greater fear of intimacy and more loneliness than did those who were not trained to distrust strangers.
    • Hopefully my loneliness hasn't permeated my writing and bummed you all out.
    • That sense of emptiness also can be experienced as loneliness or depression, two other top triggers for your overeating.
    • After the funeral, visits and invitations to those bereaved might help ease some of the loneliness and isolation.
    Synonyms
    isolation, friendlessness, lack of companions, lack of friends, forsakenness, abandonment, rejection
    solitariness, solitude, lack of company, aloneness, separation
    isolation, remoteness, inaccessibility, seclusion, secludedness
    1. 1.1 The fact of being without companions; solitariness.
      the loneliness of a sailor's life
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He complained to his friends about the loneliness of his position, the crushing responsibility he had and the lack of clear political guidance.
      • Finally, technology threatens to depersonalize our lives and increase our ultimate loneliness.
      • Studies have shown that loneliness can contribute to poor health and illness.
      • It charted the bittersweetness of motherhood, the loneliness of being stuck in the countryside and the hilarity of daily life.
      • Especially on the left, the defeat in 1849 provoked a period of reassessment which, together with the hardship and loneliness of political exile, led to some substantial political realignments.
      • However, while Buffy explored the loneliness of being a hero, Cody just exploits the concept.
      • This is how I discovered my real self and overcame my terror of loneliness, poverty, death and all other potential disasters.
      • I had been there since that September and was starting to feel the loneliness of the situation.
      • Her concerns range from shocking acts of internecine slaughter to the emotional loneliness of the war reporter.
      • The loneliness forced upon her by her sickness is what makes her so special.
      • Loneliness has rarely sounded so celebratory or inviting.
      • He finds his comfortable loneliness turned upside down when a Chinese American woman enters his world and challenges him to embrace life.
      • I used to be able to withstand the loneliness of my personal life by finding refuge in the comfort and familiarity of work.
      • The play's stand-off reflects the loneliness of both the writing and reading process.
      • I like the loneliness of it, because there's not so many people you have to deal with.
      • However, you can learn to live with loneliness, to overcome it and survive.
      • Have you seen the loneliness of the middle distance runner?
      • All eyes turned to him and for the first time he understood what his father had meant when he talked about the loneliness of command.
      • Internationally, there is widespread concern with a break down in community values in developed countries and unacceptable levels of isolation, loneliness and social disintegration, to which Ireland is not immune.
      • Learning to deal with loneliness is an art.
  • 2(of a place) the quality of being unfrequented and remote; isolation.

    the loneliness of the farm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's not the wind you hear; it's the loneliness of the empty farmyards.
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