Definition of Lonely

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Lonely

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.

Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.

Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.

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Lonely Quotations

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
Mother Teresa

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
Albert Einstein

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Maya Angelou

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
Wayne Dyer

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Kahlil Gibran

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
Erma Bombeck

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
Henry David Thoreau

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.
Robert Frost

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
Anne Frank

Lonely Translations

lonely in Afrikaans is eensaam
lonely in Dutch is eenzaam
lonely in French is solitaire
lonely in German is einsam
lonely in Italian is unico
lonely in Norwegian is ensom
lonely in Spanish is solo, solitario

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