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lonely-hearted

lonely-hearted adjective: yearning for affection and companionship.

Adjective

lonely-hearted (comparative more lonely-hearted, superlative most lonely-hearted)

  1. Yearning for affection and companionship.
    • The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.2014, Lonely Planet, The Best Place to Be Today: 365 Things to Do & the Perfect Day to Do Them, →ISBN
    • But, instead, she only took him up and kissed him, which was not quite pleasant, for her chin was very bristly indeed; but he was so lonely-hearted, he thought that rough kissing was better than none.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies

Forms of lonely-hearted

comparativemore lonely-hearted
superlativemost lonely-hearted
alternative formlonelyhearted

Origin of lonely-hearted

From lonely + hearted.

Words formed from lonely-hearted

Questions about lonely-hearted

What does lonely-hearted mean?
Lonely-hearted means yearning for affection and companionship.
What part of speech is lonely-hearted?
Lonely-hearted is an adjective.

Words near lonely-hearted in the dictionary

  1. loneliness
  2. lonelinesses
  3. lonely
  4. Lonely Star of Autumn
  5. lonely-heart
  6. lonely-hearted
  7. lonely-heartedness
  8. lonely-hearts
  9. lonelyheart
  10. lonelyhearted
  11. lonelyhearts

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