lonesome — feeling sad because one has no friends or company
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: feeling sad because one has no friends or company
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈloʊnsəm/
Example Sentences
- My cat looks lonesome when I work from home all day.
- The old house stood lonesome at the end of the street.
- I never feel lonesome when I have my smartphone with me.
lonesome
ADJECTIVE[/ˈloʊnsəm/]
feeling sad because one has no friends or company
The old shepherd sits alone on the hill, feeling lonesome under the vast evening sky.
Even handsome hearts feel lonesome watching awesome sights alone
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word combines 'lone', meaning solitary or alone, with the suffix '-some', which denotes a quality or characteristic. The formation became widely established in 19th-century American English to describe the state of being alone.
Breakdown
lone (solitary, alone) + -some (suffix indicating quality or state). The suffix '-some' is a productive morpheme in English used to form adjectives describing conditions or characteristics, as in 'awesome' or 'handsome'.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“My cat looks lonesome when I work from home all day.”
“The old house stood lonesome at the end of the street.”
“I never feel lonesome when I have my smartphone with me.”
“The lonesome traveler walked through the empty village.”
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