lonesome

Speech parts

1. lonesome - Noun

2. lonesome - Adjective

4. lonesome - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

solitary lonely only sole alone abandoned isolated lone sad desolate homesick forsaken friendless unaccompanied single
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Antonyms

jolly close multiple attached accompanied comic
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Phrases with the word

on one's lonesome by one's lonesome all by one's lonesome

Examples

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. John Steinbeck

Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome. T. S. Eliot

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. Carl Sandburg

A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbey's gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. John Cheever

Better be quarreling than lonesome. Irish Proverb

It is a lonesome washing without a man's shirt in it. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Lonergan Lonerganian loneroid lonesomely lonesomeness Lonestar State