LONELINESS

* adjectifs :     alone (l 2 ): you are alone when there is nobody around you.

                       solitary

                       lonesome, ex : in Lucky Luke  "I'm a poor lonesome cow boy"

                       lonely (l 3, 7, 11, 19 ): you are lonely when you feel alone... you can                                                                                be lonely even in a crowd.

*  noms :          solitude

                        loneliness

                        solitariness (lit.)

DEFINITION :

*  alone :  when there is nobody around, you are alone .( = a fact )

*  lonely :  someone who is lonely is unhappy, because he/she does not have any friends or does not have anyone to talk to. ( = a feeling )