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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattended, unescorted, unpopular, unseconded, unsupported, unwelcome, withdrawn

Dictionary Results for lonesome:

1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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.
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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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