lonely
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The meaning (definition) of the word lonely
feeling sad because you are on your own
The word lonely used in a sentence
“The puppy felt lonely when his friend went home.”
Words that mean the same as lonely (synonyms)
sadalone
Words that mean the opposite of lonely (antonyms)
happytogether
How the word lonely is said around the world
| French | solitaire (sohleeter) |
| Spanish | solitario (sohleetahryoh) |
| Mandarin | 孤独 (gū dú) |
| Hindi | अकेला (ukaylah) |
| Arabic | وحيد (waheed) |
| Russian | одинокий (odinokii) |
| Portuguese (EU) | sozinho (soozeenyuu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | sozinho (sohzeenyuu) |
| Japanese | さみしい (samishii) |
| German | einsam (eyenzahm) |
| Urdu | تنہا (tunhah) |
| Punjabi | ਇਕੱਲਾ (ikullah) |
| Korean | 외로운 (oeroun) |
| Hebrew | בּוֹדֵד (bohdayd) |
| Greek | μοναχικός (monakhikos) |
| Dutch | alleen (ahlayn) |
| Tagalog | nag-iisa (nahgeesah) |
| Vietnamese | cô đơn (koh durn) |
| Turkish | yalnız (yahlnuz) |
| Persian | تنها (tahnhah) |
| Polish | samotny (sahmawtni) |
| Ukrainian | самотній (samotniy) |
| Bengali | একাকী (aykahkee) |
| Swedish | ensam (ensahm) |
| Italian | solitario (sohleetahreeoh) |
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