Lonely meaning in English

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Definition

lonely: solitary, alone, isolated, single adjective
You only call me when you feel lonely. If you start feeling alone and sad you know you can always contact me.
(my) loneliness (is killing me): (my) solitude (is killing me) noun

Examples

  • "So lonely, feel so lonely."
  • "Customer : Well, I suppose I am a bit lonely."
  • "You must be lonely in the studio, are you lonely Brent?"
  • "Crippling loneliness."
  • "When I'm feeling sad and lonely"
  • "Warbuckle : Well well well, Philip, look at the two of us: a couple of sad and lonely workaholics stuck at the office on New Year's Eve!"
  • "I'm a bit lonely in here by myself."
  • "Only the lonely, know the way I feel tonight"
  • "In this friendly, friendly world, with each day so full of joy, why should any heart be lonely?"
  • "I am wealthy but rather lonely."
  • "Sad, lonely, and fat?"
  • "Sad and lonely?"
  • "It's Horatio's 102nd birthday next Thursday, and I wanted to do something special for him. He is one of my closest friends and sometimes I get the impression that he is lonely in that laboratory of his."
  • "Donna : Oh, well according to my notes, we were discussing how lonely you were as a child because your mother didn't let you play with other children, and how you wet yourself in the school play at the age of 7."
  • "Bruno and Horatio's Miracle Juices, a fledgling juice and smoothie bar, caused a stir last month when their "miraculous" juices allegedly cured a man of his loneliness, reunited a lost parrot with his lover, and helped settle a bitter dispute between a chicken and an egg."
  • "I feel slightly less lonely... like I have one or two friends."
  • "Are you sad? Lonely? Sad and lonely?"

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