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[ lohn-suhm ] / ˈloʊn səm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lonesome ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedepressed 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 for lonesomeon / by one's lonesome, Informal. alone: She went walking by her lonesome.Also Scot., by one's lane.
Origin of lonesomeFirst recorded in 1640–50; lone + -some1 synonym study for lonesome1. See alone. OTHER WORDS FROM lonesomelone·some·ly, adverblone·some·ness, nounWords nearby lonesomelone hand, lonely, lonely-hearts, lone pair, loner, lonesome, Lone Star State, lone wolf, long, longa, long abductor muscle of thumb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lonesomeA quarter century later, Duvall has reteamed with Lonesome Dove screenwriter William D. Witliff for A Night in Old Mexico. Robert Duvall on His Storied Career, His New Movie, and Why He’s Ditching the GOP|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Many view the Duvall-starring miniseries, Lonesome Dove, as one of the greatest westerns ever. Robert Duvall on His Storied Career, His New Movie, and Why He’s Ditching the GOP|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST It's a blog in search of lonesome, twangy music that sounds old even if it isn't. The Best Music Blogs|Howard Wolfson|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Many of your books, from Lonesome Dove to Horseman, Pass By, have been adapted for the screen. Larry McMurtry: How I Write|Noah Charney|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It only affected what I chose to write afterwards in terms of the other three books in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy. Larry McMurtry: How I Write|Noah Charney|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST But where the domestic faculties are the strongest, the home is lonesome without children. A California Girl|Edward Eldridge "Drafts—nonsense—Gail's lonesome," Clarence answered cheerfully, from the couch where he had thrown himself. The Wishing-Ring Man|Margaret Widdemer I won't get lonesome, but if I should feel just tempted to, I'll think, Father is on his way home. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906|Lucy Maud Montgomery But there was one in that lonesome place who saw his dark figure as he passed. "It will serve as a place to spend a lonesome evening," he thought. Uncle Terry|Charles Clark Munn
British Dictionary definitions for lonesome
adjectivemainly US and Canadian another word for lonely nounon one's lonesome or US by one's lonesome informal on one's own Derived forms of lonesomelonesomely, adverblonesomeness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lonesomedesolate, deserted, lonely, isolated, homesick, alone, cheerless, dreary, gloomy, lone, solitary, companionless |