Lonesome Meaning
/ˈləʊnsəm/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUnhappy due to being alone; lonely.
nounOneself alone.
Sentence Examples
The child is lonesome for its mother.
You feel lonesome, don't you?
Lonesome George was the last giant tortoise of his kind.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ traveler walked alone through the vast empty desert late at night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt very ____ after his best friend moved to another city, as they used to spend every day together.
Word Origin & History
From lone + -some, mid-17th century.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"'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.'"
— 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ traveler walked alone through the vast empty desert late at night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt very ____ after his best friend moved to another city, as they used to spend every day together.