lonesome : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lonesome	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lonesome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lonesome adj 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" Synonym(s): lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a) 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" Synonym(s): lonely, lonesome
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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"somely}, adv. -- {Lone"someness}, n.