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lonesomeness

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lone·some  (lnsm)
adj.
1.
a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone.
b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar.
2. Deserted; unfrequented: a lonesome valley.
3. Solitary; lone: a lonesome pine.
n. Informal
Self: He ate the meal all by his lonesome.
lonesome·ly adv.
lonesome·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lonesomenesslonesomeness - a disposition toward being alone    
aloneness, solitariness, loneliness
friendlessness - being without friends
reclusiveness - a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"


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Wake up by and by, and look to see what done it, and maybe see a steamboat coughing along up-stream, so far off towards the other side you couldn't tell nothing about her only whether she was a stern-wheel or side-wheel; then for about an hour there wouldn't be nothing to hear nor nothing to see -- just solid lonesomeness.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
For I know what to think when a young girl shivers by a warm hearth, and complains of lonesomeness at her mother's side.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
For I know what to think when a young girl shivers by a warm hearth, and complains of lonesomeness at her mother's side.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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