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Meanings of lonesome in English

Being the only one; single and isolated from others.

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Marked by dejection from being alone.

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Usage of lonesome in English
1
That lonesome coyote might be the only natural critter within hearing tonight.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
2
But it was a lonesome surprise to make new friends with songs.
Love is a mix tape: life and loss, one song at a time
3
Let it end on his turf rather than along some lonesome two-lane.
Keeping christmas
4
I was just a bit lonesome in there, to tell the truth.
Boy Scouts in Southern Waters; Or, Spaniard's Treasure Chest
5
The weather was severe, and the winter there was joyless and lonesome.
Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life by a New Englan...
6
The crowds of happy cowboys just made him feel more lonesome somehow.
Lonesome dove
7
The opening up of a project is a rough and lonesome job.
Still Jim
8
I want you to do this job all by your lonesome, Montag.
Fahrenheit 451
9
The weary hours wore on and Lena began to grow horribly lonesome.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
10
The Thames Embankment is an even still more lonesome and desolate part.
Stage-Land
11
So Saturday morning, Urubko lit out for the mountain by his lonesome.
Rock and Ice Magazine
12
He was merely lonesome, longing for the sight of a familiar face.
The Hosts of the Air
13
I had not forgotten the broken promise, and was lonesome for mother.
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate
14
Perhaps it would not then seem so lonesome and she was cold.
Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall; Or, Leading a Needed Rebell...
15
She is a maid of good conditions, and the mother is lonesome.
Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
16
What has been the most lonesome night in your life so far?
Letter to my daughter: a novel
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Lonesome across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common