lonesome as an adjective: - 1
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lonesome
adjective
1 lonesome
Being the only one; single and isolated from others:
— A lonesome pine.
synonyms: lone, only, sole, solitary.
Roget 87:
one,
sole,
single,
solitary,
unitary;
individual,
apart,
alone;
kithless†.
unaccompanied,
unattended;
solus [Lat.],
single-handed;
singular,
odd,
unique,
unrepeated†,
azygous,
first and last;
isolated
etc.
(disjoined)
44;
insular.
monospermous†;
unific†,
uniflorous†,
unifoliate†,
unigenital†,
uniliteral†,
unijocular†,
unimodal [Math.],
unimodular†.
lone,
lonely,
lonesome;
desolate,
dreary.
insecable†,
inseverable†,
indiscerptible†;
compact,
indivisible,
atomic,
irresolvable†.
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Roget 893:
secluded,
sequestered,
retired,
delitescent†,
private,
bye;
out of the world,
out of the way;
the world forgetting by the world forgot"
[Pope].
snug,
domestic,
stay-at-home.
unsociable;
unsocial,
dissocial†;
inhospitable,
cynical,
inconversable†,
unclubbable,
sauvage [Fr.],
troglodytic.
solitary;
lonely,
lonesome;
isolated,
single.
estranged;
unfrequented;
uninhabitable,
uninhabited;
tenantless;
abandoned;
deserted,
deserted in one's utmost need;
unfriended†;
kithless†,
friendless,
homeless;
lorn†,
forlorn,
desolate.
unvisited,
unintroduced†,
uninvited,
unwelcome;
under a cloud,
left to shift for oneself,
derelict,
outcast.
banished
etc.
v..
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2 lonesome
Marked by dejection from being alone:
— Lonesome when her husband is away.
— Spent a lonesome hour in the bar.
synonym: lonely.
Polish: samotny, opuszczony
Moby thesaurus: abandoned, alienated, all alone, alone, aloof, apart, companionless, deserted, detached, devious, estranged, forsaken, friendless, homeless, in solitude, insular, isolated, kithless, lone, lonely, out-of-the-way, outcast, rejected, remote, removed, retired, rootless, secret, separate, separated, single-handed, solitary, solo, unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattended, unescorted, unpopular, unseconded, unsupported, unwelcome, withdrawn ... show more.
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