lonely
US: /ˈɫoʊnɫi/
UK: /lˈəʊnli/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
lonely /'lounli/ (lonesome) /'lounsəm/- tính từ
- vắng vẻ, hiu quạnh
- cô đơn, cô độc, bơ vơ
- to feel lonely: cảm thấy cô độc
- to feel lonely for someone: (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) nhớ ai
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective (lonelier, loneliest)1 unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to: She lives alone and often feels lonely. + As I didn't speak the language I grew lonelier and lonelier.
2 (of a situation or period of time) sad and spent alone: all those lonely nights at home watching TV
3 [only before noun] (of places) where only a few people ever come or visit: a lonely beach / farmhouse / road - ALONE
loneliness noun [U]: a period of loneliness in his life
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 single, solitary, sole, lone, one; unaccompanied, alone:
The lonely survivor of the crash struggled out of the jungle. She walked for miles, lonely and desolate
2 desolate, uninhabited, deserted, barren:
Robinson Crusoe's world was a lonely place.
3 friendless, lonesome, abandoned, outcast, forsaken; solo, hermit-like, eremitic(al), reclusive, secluded, retiring, withdrawn, unsocial:
He felt lonely in the strange city. She leads a lonely existence with only her cat for company.
Collocation
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem | become, get
ADV.
desperately, extremely, terribly, unbearably, very
She was desperately lonely at school.
| a bit, a little, pretty, rather | oddly
She felt oddly lonely without her books.
Concise dictionary
lonelier|loneliest'ləʊlɪadj.
+lacking companions or companionship
+marked by dejection from being alone
+remote or secluded
+characterized by or preferring solitude
