Lonesome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lonesome \Lone"some\, a. [Compar. {Lonesomer}; superl.
     {Lonesomest}.]
     1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings;
        solitary.
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              Like one that on a lonesome road
              Doth walk in fear and dread.          --Coleridge.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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     unwelcome, withdrawn