1.
[syn: aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
lonesomeness \lone"some*ness\ n.
1. a disposition toward being alone.
Syn: aloneness, loneliness, solitude.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The condition of being alone; the feeling of sadness
resulting from being alone.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lonesomeness
n 1: a disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness,
loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "lonesomeness":
alienation, aloneness, aloofness, celibacy, detachment, isolation,
keeping apart, loneliness, loneness, moving apart, privacy,
seclusion, separateness, sequestration, single blessedness,
singleness, solitariness, solitude, splendid isolation,
withdrawal