lonesome
depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
attended with or causing such a state or feeling: a lonesome evening at home.
lonely or deserted in situation; remote, desolate, or isolated: a lonesome road.
Idioms about lonesome
on / by one's lonesome, Informal. alone: She went walking by her lonesome.: Also Scot., by one's lane.
Origin of lonesome
1synonym study For lonesome
Other words from lonesome
- lone·some·ly, adverb
- lone·some·ness, noun
Words Nearby lonesome
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How to use lonesome in a sentence
Now that the once-private, lonesome pursuit of long-distance running is an increasingly public exercise, there’s more incentive than ever to chronicle our successes and failures for an expectant readership.
Here again, the plane was at once a lonesome vessel, the people aboard facing their singular fate, and yet somehow already attached to the larger drama, connected again by cellphones.
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In this lonesome environment, they’re expected to plan their post-graduation future.
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Many view the Duvall-starring miniseries, lonesome Dove, as one of the greatest westerns ever.
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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.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumThe little comical pig was rather lonesome after Slicko had left him, but he was no longer hungry, thanks to the acorns.
Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard BarnumThe sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeI would not like to live in such a lonesome place, and old Rushmere, the only man on the premises of a night.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieBut after a while everything seemed still, and Fleetfoot began to feel lonesome.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
British Dictionary definitions for lonesome
/ (ˈləʊnsəm) /
mainly US and Canadian another word for lonely
on one's lonesome or US by one's lonesome informal on one's own
Derived forms of lonesome
- lonesomely, adverb
- lonesomeness, noun
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