lonelyhearted

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A form of lonely-hearted — Yearning for affection and companionship.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectivelonelyhearted (comparative more lonelyhearted, superlative most lonelyhearted)

comparative more lonelyhearted · superlative most lonelyhearted

  1. alternativeAlternative form of lonely-hearted.

    I says to him I'd ort to of knowed jist how lonelyhearted you was feelin'. Me that knows how it is to go amon'st strangers.

    1967, Janice Holt Giles, 40 Acres and No Mule, →ISBN, page 66
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    Which meant that every time a lonelyhearted Internet user who, thinking he (it was always, always a he) might have been solicited by a real erotic opportunity, wrote a love letter to XLovelyToy99x, Joe got to read it.

    2014, Leigh Alexander, Breathing Machine, A Memoir of Computers, →ISBN

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

lonelyhearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lonelyhearted

MLA

“lonelyhearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lonelyhearted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lonelyhearted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lonelyhearted.

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