The Definition of Loneliness

Written on 3/3/2025

Originally made for Muse Ariadne.

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Prompt: write about something you wonder if others do, too


loneliness /ˈlōn-lē-nəs/
noun

  1. the condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
    similar: solitude, seclusion
  2. the state of being unfrequented by human beings.
    “the loneliness of a road”
  3. a state of complete freedom and bliss, unburdened by others
  4. a gnawing feeling at one’s void of a core, consuming the consuming
  5. an affliction that begins to develop in a child even before conception
  6. an inescapable thing that will become the very foundation of an individual’s being
  7. someone incapable loving or being loved, of adjusting and fitting in
  8. someone with secrets they can’t begin to think about, let alone tell of
  9. to rot in bed, writing poems on one’s notes app, thinking of other people’s thoughts
  10. to have a different definition of loneliness