Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being lonesome, in any sense of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a disposition toward being alone.
- noun The condition of being alone; the feeling of sadness resulting from being alone.
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- noun The state of being
lonesome .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disposition toward being alone
Etymologies
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Examples
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Her lonesomeness was a fertile swamp from which poltergeists of the past would rise and rot her mind.
Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007
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Her lonesomeness was a fertile swamp from which poltergeists of the past would rise and rot her mind.
Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007
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Her lonesomeness was a fertile swamp from which poltergeists of the past would rise and rot her mind.
Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007
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Her little liking for Royall himself he has destroyed by making, in his "lonesomeness," a single false step toward her.
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"It's a curious kind of lonesomeness; but, all right, I will."
A Horse's Tale Mark Twain 1872
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'lonesomeness' that is looked upon as almost the worst of evils by the
Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Lady Gregory 1892
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On Friday, TMZ. com published a report claiming Crystal nearly quit the show two weeks ago after succumbing to lonesomeness for her young son back home in Ohio.
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"Half of What We Know," featuring her breathy vocal over a weepy violin and persistent banjo, opens with "Your lonesomeness I know," words inspired by the song "Moonshiner."
Michael Bialas: Exploring Some Strange Country With Crooked Still, Aoife O'Donovan 2010
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"Half of What We Know," featuring her breathy vocal over a weepy violin and persistent banjo, opens with "Your lonesomeness I know," words inspired by the song "Moonshiner."
Michael Bialas: Exploring Some Strange Country With Crooked Still, Aoife O'Donovan 2010
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The characters are crooked, almost scribbled, and they make the hand of the artist feel all the more present in the work, as if these were notes from the voyeur to the watched, a hand reaching out to people lost in moments of care and lonesomeness.
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