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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
lonesomeness
    n 1: a disposition toward being alone [syn: aloneness,
         loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness]

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.
      [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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for Lonesomeness:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
alienation, aloneness, aloofness, celibacy, detachment, isolation, keeping apart, loneliness, loneness, moving apart, privacy, seclusion, separateness, sequestration, single blessedness, singleness, solitariness, solitude, splendid isolation, withdrawal
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