寂寥(せきりょう)

せきりょう
noun
desolation; loneliness; solitude
formalemotion
1. desolation; loneliness; deep solitude
A profound sense of loneliness or emptiness; the feeling of being alone in a desolate place or state.
寂寥(せきりょう)感(かん)に包(つつ)まれた。
I was enveloped in a feeling of desolation.
秋(あき)の夕暮(ゆうぐ)れに寂寥(せきりょう)を感(かん)じる。
I feel a sense of desolation in the autumn twilight.
廃墟(はいきょ)には言(い)いようのない寂寥(せきりょう)が漂(ただよ)っていた。
An indescribable sense of desolation hung over the ruins.

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寂寥(せきりょう) is literary. It describes an emptiness that fills a scene as much as a person (autumn dusk, ruins, a deserted town) and often has an aesthetic, contemplative tone.

Related Words

Related: 孤独(こどく) (loneliness, solitude)
Related: 哀愁(あいしゅう) (sorrow, pathos)
Compare: 寂(さび)しい (lonely)
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Added 2026.1.31 8:09 · Revised 2026.9.30 2:25
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