lonesome
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈloʊnsəm/
- After spending a weekend alone at home, I felt a deep sense of lonesome when my friends didn't call.
- lonesome and crying
- get lonesome
- high lonesome
Examples
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I think I might have been a little lonesome out there in the marsh.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was stuck in an apartment, way off by my lonesome and not very happy.
Blog text (6) -
You all by your lonesome?
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Hey, what are you doing up here all by your lonesome?
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I have a little place where I live all by my lonesome.
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I remember this poem said once, "The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to."
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Well, here I am, all by my lonesome, and ain't nobody gonna know.
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My guess is he's by his lonesome at the track right now.
Fiction book (1995) -
"You must get lonesome here by yourself," Cindy says, looking around.
Fiction book (1991) -
I get a little lonesome out here but I don't send regards.
Synonyms
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2.3
A sad feeling when you are alone and feel separate from others
A feeling of deep sadness and loneliness when you are left alone
A feeling of being very lonely and empty after loss
Antonyms
How Lonely
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the noun lonesome is to see it as lone, 'alone', plus -some, 'full of', so it names the feeling of being very alone and that is why a lonesome is the sad feeling you get when you are alone.