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lone⋅some

  [lohn-suhm]
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–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.
—Idiom
4. on or by one's lonesome. Also, Scot., by one's lane. Informal. alone: She went walking by her lonesome.
Origin:
1640–50; lone + -some 1

Related forms:
lone⋅some⋅ly, adverb
lone⋅some⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See alone.
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lone·some   (lōn'səm)   
adj.  

    1. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone.

    2. 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.
lone'some·ly adv., lone'some·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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