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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LO'NESOME, a. Solitary; secluded from society.
How horrid will these lonesome seats appear!

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, lonesome, only, sole, solitary]
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]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1647 1. a. sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others <don't be lonesome while we are gone> b. causing a feeling of loneliness <the empty house seemed so lonesome> 2. a. remote, unfrequented <look down, look down that lonesome road — Gene Austin> b. lone Synonyms: see alone • lonesomely adverb • lonesomeness noun II. noun Date: 1899 self <sat all by his lonesome>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 solitary, lonely. 2 feeling lonely or forlorn. 3 causing such a feeling. Phrases and idioms: by (or on) one's lonesome all alone. Derivatives: lonesomely adv. lonesomeness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lonesome Lone"some, a. [Compar. Lonesomer; superl. Lonesomest.] 1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary. Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread. --Coleridge. 2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome. -- Lone"some*ly, adv. -- Lone"some*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is lonesome is unhappy because they do not have any friends or do not have anyone to talk to. (mainly AM) I've grown so lonesome, thinking of you. = lonely ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 2. A lonesome place is one which very few people come to and which is a long way from places where people live. (AM) He was finding the river lonesome. = lonely ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Solitary, lonely, secluded, deserted, lone. 2. Desolate, cheerless, dismal, gloomy, dreary.

Moby Thesaurus

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