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lonesome

[ lohn-suhm ]

adjective

  1. depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely:

    to feel lonesome.

  2. attended with or causing such a state or feeling:

    a lonesome evening at home.

  3. lonely or deserted in situation; remote, desolate, or isolated:

    a lonesome road.



lonesome

/ ˈləʊnsəm /

adjective

  1. See lonely
    another word for lonely


noun

  1. on one's lonesome informal.
    on one's lonesomeby one's lonesome on one's own

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Derived Forms

  • ˈlonesomely, adverb
  • ˈlonesomeness, noun

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Other Words From

  • lonesome·ly adverb
  • lonesome·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lonesome1

First recorded in 1640–50; lone + -some 1

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on / by one's lonesome, Informal. alone: Also Scot., by one's lane.

    She went walking by her lonesome.

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Synonym Study

See alone.

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Example Sentences

A quarter century later, Duvall has reteamed with Lonesome Dove screenwriter William D. Witliff for A Night in Old Mexico.

Many view the Duvall-starring miniseries, Lonesome Dove, as one of the greatest westerns ever.

It's a blog in search of lonesome, twangy music that sounds old even if it isn't.

Many of your books, from Lonesome Dove to Horseman, Pass By, have been adapted for the screen.

It only affected what I chose to write afterwards in terms of the other three books in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy.

But there was nothing in the trough to eat, as yet, and the box seemed quite lonesome, for Squinty was all alone.

The little comical pig was rather lonesome after Slicko had left him, but he was no longer hungry, thanks to the acorns.

The sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied.

I would not like to live in such a lonesome place, and old Rushmere, the only man on the premises of a night.

But after a while everything seemed still, and Fleetfoot began to feel lonesome.

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