lonesome

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈloʊnsəm/ UK /ˈləʊnsəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
sad from being alone; lonely

He felt lonesome in the empty house after they left.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · sad from being alone; lonely lonely forlorn desolate solitary friendless isolated

Opposites

accompanied sociablebefriended

Word family

Derived forms lonesomelylonesomeness

Related forms lone lonely alone

Etymology

From lone (a shortening of alone, from Old English āna 'one, alone') + the suffix -some ('characterized by'), from Old English -sum.

āna Old English -sum Old English

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# lonesome

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈloʊnsəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈləʊnsəm/

## Meanings
1. sad from being alone; lonely

## Examples
- He felt lonesome in the empty house after they left.

## Synonyms
- lonely
- forlorn
- desolate
- solitary
- friendless
- isolated

## Antonyms
- accompanied
- sociable
- befriended

## Derived Forms
- lonesomely
- lonesomeness

## Related Forms
- lone
- lonely
- alone

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: āna
- Root: -sum

## Etymology
From lone (a shortening of alone, from Old English āna 'one, alone') + the suffix -some ('characterized by'), from Old English -sum.

## AI Etymology
Lonesome comes from lone (a shortening of alone, from Old English āna 'one, alone') + the suffix -some ('characterized by'), from Old English -sum. The etymological trail includes Old English āna and Old English -sum. As an adjective, lonesome means sad from being alone; lonely. The same family is visible in derived forms such as lonesomely and lonesomeness and related forms such as lone, lonely, and alone. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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