lonesome

• lanesome (Scotland)

From lone +‎ -some, mid-17th century.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊnsəm/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊnsəm/

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• Hyphenation: lone‧some

lonesome (comparative more lonesome, superlative most lonesome)

1. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     'Where'er the sun shakes out his spears, and the lonesome waters mirror up the moon, where'er storms roll [...] there shall thy power pass and thy dominion find a home.'

lonesome (plural lonesomes)

1. (informal) Oneself alone.

   I sat and watched the cars pass all by my lonesome.

• by one's lonesome
• on one's lonesome