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lonesome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈloʊnsəm/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈləʊnsəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From lone + -some, mid-17th century.

Meanings

  1. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.
    • 'Where'er the sun shakes out his spears, and the lonesome waters mirror up the moon, where'er storms roll [...] there shall thy power pass and thy dominion find a home.' 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lanesome Scotland, alternative lexicographic
most lonesome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more lonesome Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

lonesomeness · lonesomely · unlonesome · high lonesome sound

Translations (22)

cmn 寂寞 (unhappy due to being alone) · ota یالڭز (unhappy due to being alone) · es solitario (unhappy due to being alone) · de einsam (unhappy due to being alone) · fi yksinäinen (unhappy due to being alone) · gd aonaranach (unhappy due to being alone) · it solitario (unhappy due to being alone) · bg самотен (unhappy due to being alone) · es solo (unhappy due to being alone) · ms sepi (unhappy due to being alone) · nb ensom (unhappy due to being alone) · wyi gan-gan (unhappy due to being alone) · ja 寂しい (unhappy due to being alone) · ms sunyi (unhappy due to being alone) · ru одино́кий (unhappy due to being alone) · gl señardoso (unhappy due to being alone) · es aislado (unhappy due to being alone) · gd uaigneach (unhappy due to being alone) · pt solitário (unhappy due to being alone) · pl samotny (unhappy due to being alone) · fr solitaire (unhappy due to being alone) · la sōlitārius (unhappy due to being alone)

lonesome en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈloʊnsəm/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈləʊnsəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From lone + -some, mid-17th century.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Oneself alone.
    • I sat and watched the cars pass all by my lonesome.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lanesome Scotland, alternative lexicographic
lonesomes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

on one's lonesome · by one's lonesome