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lonesome

lonesome

31 3.5
Feeling sad when you are alone
  • adjective
  • /ˈloʊnsəm/
translation icon : solo
  • Being in a crowded room made her feel lonesome since she had no one to talk to.
  • so lonesome
  • feel lonesome
  • lonesome cry

Probably Long and feels kind of lonesome like I do sometimes.

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Examples

  • The old man sat quietly on the bench, looking lonesome as he watched people pass by.

  • This place seems sort of lonesome.

    Tennessee Johnson (1942)

  • But there was no one, not in the lonesome truck bed or the seat behind me.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Well, OK, maybe so, but a cowboy does get pretty lonesome out on the range.

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • "I feel fine," he said, "but I'm lonesome for my family."

    Academic text (1993)

  • We come to the cities from our tribal past and pace around like lost and lonesome animals.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Jessica was sitting in her room grading papers after Mary Anne left, feeling rather lonesome and depressed.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • You'd hear it once or twice a month, always at dusk, the long lonesome whistle of the Gauley train.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • After spending the entire weekend alone at home, I felt very lonesome.

Synonyms

alone
vslonesome
∞ 1.0

By yourself with no other people present

shows emotional sadness rather than mere physical solitude
lonely
vslonesome
777 1.0

Feeling sad because you are alone and miss other people

is the same feeling but stated in a different form
depressed
vslonesome
441 3.5

Feeling very sad and without hope

relates to loneliness specifically rather than a general clinical low
isolated
vslonesome
78 4.2

Feeling separated from other people and having little contact

highlights the resulting sadness specifically from that separation
melancholy
vslonesome
37 5.9

Feeling or showing deep sadness

centres on loneliness caused by being alone rather than mood alone
bereft
vslonesome
  • Literature
19 7.5

Feeling very sad and alone because someone you love or something important is missing

is sadness mainly from being alone rather than specific loss
desolate
vslonesome
11 6.7

Feeling very unhappy and alone after a loss

is similar but is less tied to grief and more to solitude
friendless
vslonesome
9 5.3

Not having anyone to talk to or support you

centres on the loneliness and sadness from being alone
dejected
vslonesome
5 4.5

Feeling very sad and not hopeful

specifies sadness that is caused by solitude or lack of company
disconsolate
vslonesome
  • Literature
2 8.2

Very sad and not able to be comforted

expresses loneliness with milder, comfortable feelings possible
downhearted
vslonesome
1 4.1

Feeling sad and without much hope

focuses more on being alone and feeling lonely because of it
companionless
vslonesome
6.5

Alone with no one to be with you

focuses more on the sadness caused by that absence
alienated
vslonesome
6.8

Feeling alone and not part of a group or society

is about sadness from physical solitude rather than social estrangement

Antonyms

cheerful
111 1.0

Happy in a way you show with a smile or friendly actions

contented
7 2.0

Feeling happy and satisfied with what you have

How Lonely

forlorn
22 6.8
lonesome
31 3.5
lonely
777 1.0
alone
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

lonesome positive

Morphology

lonesome = lone (transparent) = lone + some

Formed by the adjective 'lone' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-some' meaning 'characterized by', so the meaning 'causing or characterized by loneliness' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Lonesome comes from lone, meaning 'alone', plus the ending -some, meaning 'full of' or 'causing', so lonesome literally means 'full of being alone' and that is why it describes someone who feels sad because they are alone.