Definition of Lonely

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. Related Definitions: Alone, As, Being, By, Cell, Company, Consciousness, Depression, Feeling, Forsaken, Frequented, From, Having, Human, In, Lonely, Lonesome, Not, Of, Or, Resulting, Retired, Sadness, Sequestered, Situation, Solitary, The, Want, Wood

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 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 It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. Albert Einstein 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 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 Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely. Erma Bombeck Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. Robert Frost I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it. Leo Buscaglia

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