loneliness
noun/ˈləʊnlinəs/
/ˈləʊnlinəs/
[uncountable]- a feeling of being unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to
- a period of loneliness in his life
- feelings of loneliness and depression
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- the fact of a period of time being sad and spent alone
- the loneliness of all those evenings at home just watching TV
- the fact that very few people ever visit a place
- the desolation and loneliness of the island
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