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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. being the only one; single and isolated from others;
- Example: "the lone doctor in the entire county"
- Example: "a lonesome pine"
- Example: "an only child"
- Example: "the sole heir"
- Example: "the sole example"
- Example: "a solitary instance of cowardice"
- Example: "a solitary speck in the sky"
[syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)]

2. marked by dejection from being alone;
- Example: "felt sad and lonely"
- Example: "the loneliest night of the week"
- Example: "lonesome when her husband is away"
- Example: "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"
[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.
      [1913 Webster]


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]