the sense of loneliness

[kahraman]

Hello, my name is Elena. I'm from Russia. I'm student of Teacher Training University. I'm writing my diploma work. It is called "The concept of loneliness in Russian and English". I would like to ask English native-speakers, how do you understand the word "loneliness" and what associations do you have?
I'll be grateful for your help in my work

 

[Tdol]

For me, it's a feeling of solitude, insufficient company or support (at work, for example)

 

[billmcd]

Hello, my name is Elena. I'm from Russia. I'm student of Teacher Training University. I'm writing my diploma work. It is called "The concept of loneliness in Russian and English". I would like to ask English native-speakers, how do you understand the word "loneliness" and what associations do you have?
I'll be grateful for your help in my work

In addition to Tdol's response (i.e. "at work"), 'and socially'.

 

[kahraman]

Thanks! But do you mean to don't communicate and deal with people at all or don't have a twin soul in a plenty of mates and relatives ? And what images do you have in your mind, when you listen "loneliness". May be you see some colour , picture or song?

 

[Tdol]

You don't have any/enough/the desired/the ideal company.

It has no colour, sound etc, to me- you could associate it with blue/grey/black, but they're the standard colours for negative emotions, but there's nothing particular to loneliness IMO.

 

[Barb_D]

You don't have any/enough/the desired/the ideal company.

It has no colour, sound etc, to me- you could associate it with blue/grey/black, but they're the standard colours for negative emotions, but there's nothing particular to loneliness IMO.

In the tv show The Big Bang Theory, one of the characters said that the color of lonliness should be orange, because nothing rhymes with it. I thought that was really funny.

The important thing to convey is one that English learners struggle with, based on the similarity of the words: Being alone doesn't make you lonely. And you can feel lonely when you are not physically alone.

 

[kahraman]

The important thing to convey is one that English learners struggle with, based on the similarity of the words: Being alone doesn't make you lonely. And you can feel lonely when you are not physically alone.

Thank you so much, it was exactly what I wanted to learn