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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary lone·some
DATE 1647 1. a. sad or dejected as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others don't be lonesome while we are gone b. causing a feeling of loneliness the empty house seemed so lonesome 2. a. remote , unfrequented look down, look down that lonesome road — Gene Austin b. lone Synonyms: see alone • lone·some·ly adverb • lone·some·ness noun
noun DATE 1899 : self sat all by his lonesome English Etymology lonesome 1640s, from lone + -some. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 lonesome lone·some / 5lEunsEm; NAmE 5loun- / adjective(especially NAmE) 1. unhappy because you are alone and do not want to be or because you have no friends 孤独的；寂寞的: I felt so lonesome after he left. 他离开后我感到非常孤单。 2. (of a place 地方) where not many people go; a long way from where people live 人烟稀少的；荒凉的；偏僻的: a lonesome road 偏僻的路 ⇨ note at alone Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: LONE 1, alone, lonely, solitary 2 Synonyms: FORLORN 1, lonely, lorn 3 Synonyms: OBSCURE 2, devious, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, retired, secretWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: high lonesome lone·some I. \ˈlōnsəm\ adjective Etymology: lone + -some 1. a. : being in a state of loneliness : affected by sadness or dejection as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others < was lonesome for the female society of my kind — W.A.White > < enjoyed being abroad but was lonesome for his family > b. : causing a feeling of loneliness < how lonesome and silent the house had seemed — Gretchen Finletter > 2. a. : remote , unfrequented < like one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread — S.T.Coleridge > b. : lacking companionship : separated from others of its kind : lone < had no industries, few towns of any size, no fences, no roads, and only a lonesome railroad line or two — Newsweek > < two cruisers ahead and to port of the carrier, and one lonesomedestroyer on her starboard — C.A.Lockwood > Synonyms: see alone II. noun (-s) : self < be nice if we had the patch all to our lonesomes — Wallace Stegner > < working by his lonesome in the fields — Mary Webb > |
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