lonesome

The definition of lonesome is a feeling of being alone and lonely, or a remote place where there are few visitors.

(adjective)

  1. When all of your friends have left and you are feeling sad and alone, this is an example of a time when you would be described as lonesome.
  2. A remote part of a tiny town with few people around would be an example of a place described as lonesome.

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See lonesome in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. having or causing a lonely feeling
  2. unfrequented; desolate

noun

Informal self: all by my lonesome

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See lonesome in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone.
    b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar.
  2. Deserted; unfrequented: a lonesome valley.
  3. Solitary; lone: a lonesome pine.
noun
Informal
Self: He ate the meal all by his lonesome.

Related Forms:

  • loneˈsome·ly adverb
  • loneˈsome·ness noun

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