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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lohn-suh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊn səm |
Definition of lonesome
Origin :- 1640s, from lone + -some (1). Related: Lonesomeness.
- adj forlorn, friendless
- "Oh, it makes me so lonesome when you sing that way," wailed the Little Colonel.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- But it must be a long, lonesome road, and the rain was coming on.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Poor, honest Fido, how lonesome he was and how he moped about!
- Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
- If you're careful you're safe here for the day, although you may be lonesome.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- "It's lonesome enough for any sort of a hermit," said Fenn, as he paused and looked about him.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- I've always been kind of lonesome, an' she's been a sight of company to me.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- He was now a solitary man, and the heart within him was dreary and lonesome.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Mutely together they moved through the lonesome, odorous twilight.
- Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
- I sometimes think the old woman is most as lonesome as I be.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- "It isn't quite so lonesome coming home to a light," said Miss Brown.
- Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
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