adj
Meaning 1
Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lonesome
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊnsəm/
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General-American: /ˈloʊnsəm/
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noun
Meaning 2
Oneself alone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- I sat and watched the cars pass all by my lonesome.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
marked by dejection from being alone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- felt sad and lonely
- the loneliest night of the week
- lonesome when her husband is away
- spent a lonesome hour in the bar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lonely
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From lone + -some, mid-17th century.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: самотен (samoten) — unhappy due to being alone
- Chinese Mandarin: 寂寞 (jìmò) — unhappy due to being alone
- Finnish: yksinäinen — unhappy due to being alone
- French: solitaire — unhappy due to being alone
- Galician: señardoso — unhappy due to being alone
- German: einsam — unhappy due to being alone
- Italian: solitario — unhappy due to being alone
- Japanese: 寂しい (sabishii) — unhappy due to being alone
- Latin: sōlitārius — unhappy due to being alone
- Malay: sunyi — unhappy due to being alone
- Malay: sepi — unhappy due to being alone
- Norwegian Bokmål: ensom — unhappy due to being alone
- Polish: samotny — unhappy due to being alone
- Portuguese: solitário — unhappy due to being alone
- Russian: одино́кий (odinókij) — unhappy due to being alone
- Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach — unhappy due to being alone
- Scottish Gaelic: uaigneach — unhappy due to being alone
- Spanish: solitario — unhappy due to being alone
- Spanish: solo — unhappy due to being alone
- Spanish: aislado — unhappy due to being alone
- Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز (yalñız) — unhappy due to being alone
- Woiwurrung: gan-gan — unhappy due to being alone
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