aloneness
aloneness noun: the state of being alone; solitude, isolation.
Noun
aloneness (countable and uncountable, plural alonenesses)
- The state of being alone; solitude, isolation.
- Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 425
- Synonyms:
- oneship, seclusion, isolation, loneliness, loneness, onehead, onlyhood, onliness, solitariness, solitude
- Antonyms:
- togetherness
aloneness meaning in Urdu and Kannada
aloneness in Urdu
- تنہائی, یگانگی, اکیلا پن
aloneness in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕತೆ
Synonyms of aloneness
Antonyms
Forms of aloneness
| plural | alonenesses |
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Origin of aloneness
From Middle English alonnesse; equivalent to alone + -ness.
Questions about aloneness
- What does aloneness mean?
- Aloneness means the state of being alone; solitude, isolation.
- What is aloneness in Urdu?
- Aloneness in Urdu is تنہائی, یگانگی, اکیلا پن. See Aloneness meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is aloneness?
- Aloneness is a noun.
- What is the plural of aloneness?
- The plural of aloneness is alonenesses.
Words near aloneness in the dictionary
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