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English

Noun

The state of being lonesome.

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 lonesomeness
n : a disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness, loneliness,
solitude]

Moby Dictionary
alienation , aloneness , aloofness , celibacy , detachment , isolation ,
keeping apart , loneliness , loneness , moving apart , privacy ,
seclusion , separateness , sequestration , single blessedness ,
singleness , solitariness , solitude , splendid isolation ,
withdrawal