lonesomeness
Feeling utterly alone
Lonesomeness is the state of being lonesome—feeling sad from being alone or isolated.
The word carries a folksy, rural quality that loneliness lacks: the lonesomeness of a prairie farmhouse, He couldn't shake the lonesomeness after she left.
It suggests not just solitude but an aching awareness of it.
State of emotional pain
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
dejection · forlornness · mournfulness · despondency · bleakness · dreariness · heaviness · woefulness
State of being isolated
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
abandonment · rejection · ostracism · detachment · withdrawal · remoteness · separateness · outcast
Intense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
aching · missing · craving · heartsick · lovesick · languishing · hankering · hiraeth
State of calm stillness
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
contemplation · self-reflection · retreat · seclusion · privacy · peacefulness · serenity · repose
sadness
State of emotional pain
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
heartache · dejection · forlornness · mournfulness · despondency · bleakness · dreariness · heaviness · woefulness · emptiness
alienation
State of being isolated
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
exclusion · abandonment · rejection · ostracism · detachment · withdrawal · remoteness · separateness · outcast · loner
longing
Intense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
wistfulness · aching · missing · craving · heartsick · lovesick · languishing · hankering · hiraeth · pang
quietude
State of calm stillness
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
introspection · contemplation · self-reflection · retreat · seclusion · privacy · peacefulness · serenity · repose · meditation
lonesomenesscompanionship
State of having company
togetherness · fellowship · company · camaraderie · community
lonesomenesscontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
fulfillment · warmth · joy · happiness · comfort
alone, lonely, lone, lonesome, loneliness, aloneness, loners, lonesomely