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 Definitions of lonesome  [ˈloʊn səm]  

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Definition of 'lonesome' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) lonesome
depressed or sad because of the lack of friends or companionship; lonely.

2.  lonesome
attended with or causing such a feeling:
a lonesome evening at home.

3.  lonesome
lonely in situation; remote, desolate, or isolated.

4. (n.) lonesome
on or by one's lonesome,Informal. alone.

Etymology:  (1640–50)

Definition of 'lonesome' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)
being the only one; single and isolated from others
"the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"

2. (adj) lonely, lonesome
marked by dejection from being alone
"felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"


Definition of 'lonesome' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) lonesome
lonely
a lonesome traveler


Definition of 'lonesome' Webster Dictionary 

1.  lonesome
secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary

2.  lonesome
conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome


Translation of 'lonesome' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (especially American) lonely; solitary
She feels lonesome when her brothers are at school.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stoksielalleen Arabic flag Arabic: وَحيد، مُنْعَزِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: самотен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sozinho Czech flag Czech: osamocený, osamělý German flag German: einsam
Danish flag Danish: ensom; alene Greek flag Greek: που αισθάνεται μοναξιά, μ Spanish flag Spanish: solo
Estonian flag Estonian: üksildane Farsi flag Farsi: تنها و بیکس Finnish flag Finnish: yksinäinen
French flag French: solitaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוֹדֵד Hindi flag Hindi: एकाकी
Croatian flag Croatian: usamljen Hungarian flag Hungarian: magányos Indonesian flag Indonesian: kesepian
Icelandic flag Icelandic: einmana Italian flag Italian: solo Japanese flag Japanese: 寂しい
Korean flag Korean: 외로운 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vienišas Latvian flag Latvian: vientuļš; vientulīgs
Malay flag Malay: rasa sunyi Dutch flag Dutch: eenzaam Norwegian flag Norwegian: ensom, ene og forlatt
Polish flag Polish: samotny Persian flag Persian: تنها و بیکس Pashto flag Pashto: يوازى او بى كسه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sozinho Romanian flag Romanian: sin­­gur, însingurat, sol Russian flag Russian: одинокий
Slovak flag Slovak: osamelý Slovenian flag Slovenian: osamljen Serbian flag Serbian: usamljen
Swedish flag Swedish: ensam Thai flag Thai: หงอยเหงา Turkish flag Turkish: kimsesiz, yalnız
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 孤單的,寂寞的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: самотній; відлюдний Urdu flag Urdu: فرقت زدہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cô đơn; hiu quạnh Chinese flag Chinese: 孤单的,寂寞的

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