Loneliness, the state of "feeling lonely," describes a human state or feeling involving isolation, or the feeling of disconnection with others, etc. Often accompanied by a sense of yearning for connection. Usually manifests through hopes of romantic redemption in the arms of another. Lonely may also refer to:
- "Lonely", a 2011 single from 2NE1's album 2NE1 2nd Mini Album
- "Lonely", a 2006 single from Shannon Noll's second album Lift
- "Lonely", a 2005 single from Senegalese singer Akon's album Trouble.
- "Lonely", a 1998 single from Merril Bainbridge's second album Between the Days
- "Lonely", a 1997 single by Nana.
- "Lonely", a 2005 song from Líbido's studio album Lo Último que Hable Ayer
- "Lonely", a 2007 song from Bon Jovi's album Lost Highway
- "Lonely", a 2009 song from Foreigner's double album Can't Slow Down
- "Lonely", a 1988 song from Crimson Glory's album Transcendence
- "Lonely", a 1973 song from Tom Waits' debut album Closing Time
- "Lonely", a 1997 song by Peter Andre from his album Time
- "Lonely (Amy's Theme)", a 1967 song from Lovin' Spoonful's album You're a Big Boy Now
- "Lonely", a song written by Sharon Sheeley and performed by Eddie Cochran
Famous quotes containing the word lonely:
“It was too lonely for her there,
And too wild,
And since there were but two of them,
And no child....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object of his being.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey’s gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind.”
—John Cheever (1912–1982)