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
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How to use lonesome in a sentence
And afterwards we would watch the lonesomeness of the river, and kind of lazy along, and by and by lazy off to sleep.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)“They call it the lonesomeness here,” said Joan, her voice weary as with the weight of the day.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek | George W. OgdenThe lonesomeness,” said Mackenzie, with a curious dwelling on the word; “I never heard it used in that specific sense before.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek | George W. OgdenBut she fretted under a discontent that made her miserable, even though it did not strain her reason like the lonesomeness.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek | George W. OgdenThe lonesomeness, and the hopelessness, and the wretchedness of life have disappeared.
The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) | W. Grant Hague
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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