lonesomeness

4 definitions found

lonesomeness - 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]

  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]

lonesomeness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lonesomeness
      n 1: a disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness,
           loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness]

lonesomeness - 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