lonesome
adjective
depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely.
lonesomeness
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a word derived from
lonesome.
Example Sentences
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They scrapped Peter Parker’s haunting sense of responsibility for his uncle’s death, his working-class hustle, and the lonesomeness of his secret identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
That lonesomeness changes the tension and weight of the story’s silence.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026
“The song is really a culmination of the feelings I’ve felt while traveling alone, where if lonesomeness happened to linger it wasn’t accompanied with sadness but understanding.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2021
Almost any recording of “Winterreise” will convey its lonesomeness and austere beauty.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2015
Most of the day she was at the store, but at night she was there in the big house and sometimes it creaked and cried all night under the weight of lonesomeness.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
