lonesome

«lonesome» in Mova's school dictionary: alone and have no friends or company; lonely — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (lonesome, lonesomer, lonesomest — mostly US)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sad because you are alone and have no friends or company; lonely. tree →

2) Far from other people; empty and quiet, as in a lonesome road. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, songs and cowboy tales («lonesome cowboy»), it shows sadness and loneliness. In everyday American and Canadian talk, «I'm lonesome» means «I'm lonely». Phrases: feel lonesome, on your lonesome (UK, informal: all alone), lonesome road.

examples

• The puppy felt lonesome without its brothers and sisters. tree →
• The cowboy sang a lonesome song by the fire. tree →
• A lonesome road led across the desert. tree →
• Grandpa gets lonesome since Grandma died. tree →
• «What are you doing here on your lonesome?» asked Nan. tree →
• The lonesome wolf howled at the moon. tree →
• If a friend seems lonesome, ask them to play. tree →
• He feel mighty lonesome, en he feel mighty mad, Brer Rabbit did. tree →

note

Mostly US and Canadian; in British English «lonely» is usual. «On your lonesome» (UK, informal) = alone. Compare: alone (no one with you, can be happy) and lonely/lonesome (sad about it).

In the corpora

• Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his kind from Pinta Island, died in 2012.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lonesome» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.