[syn: lonely, lonesome]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lonesome \Lone"some\, a. [Compar. Lonesomer; superl.
Lonesomest.]
1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings;
solitary.
[1913 Webster]
Like one that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to
feel lonesome.
[1913 Webster] -- Lone"some*ly, adv. --
Lone"some*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lonesome
adj 1: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the
lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an
only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a
solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the
sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a),
sole(a), solitary(a)]
2: marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely";
"the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband
is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar" [syn: lonely,
lonesome]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "lonesome":
abandoned, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof, apart,
companionless, deserted, detached, devious, estranged, forsaken,
friendless, homeless, in solitude, insular, isolated, kithless,
lone, lonely, out-of-the-way, outcast, rejected, remote, removed,
retired, rootless, secret, separate, separated, single-handed,
solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted,
unattended, unescorted, unpopular, unseconded, unsupported,
unwelcome, withdrawn