lonesomeness

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noun

The state of being lonesome.

Similar
ellingnessmonopathyforlornnesslonelihoodlonelinessalonenesssolitariness
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Meanings

nounlonesomeness (countable and uncountable, plural lonesomenesses)

plural lonesomenesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being lonesome.
    1 more example

    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 stern-wheel or side-wheel; then for about an hour there wouldn't be nothing to hear nor nothing to see—just solid lonesomeness.

    1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XIX, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, pages 169–170

    Synonyms: ellingness, monopathy, ellingness, forlornness, lonelihood, loneliness, monopathy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state of being lonesome.

Similar
ellingnessmonopathyellingnessforlornnesslonelihoodlonelinessmonopathy

More synonyms by meaning

nouna disposition toward being alone

Similar
alonenesslonelinesssolitariness
Broader
dispositiontemperament
Also see
alonenessellingnessforlornnesslonelihoodlonelinessmonopathysolitariness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From lonesome + -ness.

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APA

lonesomeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lonesomeness

MLA

“lonesomeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lonesomeness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lonesomeness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lonesomeness.

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