寂しい — meaning in English

English meaning

• desolate adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
• loneliness noun A painful feeling of being alone or cut off from other people.
• lonely adjective Sad because of feeling isolated from other people.
• lonesome adjective Feeling sad from being alone; lonely.

Senses

寂しい is used for these senses in English:

• desolate Dismal or dreary.
• lonesome Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.

desolate — full definition

1. adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
2. verb To make a place empty of people or life; to devastate.

Related Japanese words