Singer Lady Gaga has hinted at why her engagement to actor Taylor Kinney was called off.

The 30-year-old singer did not mention her former fiancé by name, she spoke about how hard it is for women when their love is not met with "dignity", reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with," Gaga said on a TV show.

"You know, we are not trying to make you less of a man. We just want you to love us as deeply and as wholesomely and as fully as we love you," she added.

Gaga and Kinney were together for five years and engaged for one before they ended their romance in July.

Gaga also says that she misses being anonymous and being able to chat to random people.

"I miss people. I miss, you know, going anywhere and meeting a random person and saying, 'Hi,' and having a conversation about life. I love people."