lonesome

adj.

1. 1. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See synonyms at alone.
   2. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar.
2. Deserted; unfrequented: a lonesome valley.
3. Solitary; lone: a lonesome pine.

n. Informal
Self: He ate the meal all by his lonesome.

lonesomely lone'some·ly adv.
lonesomeness lone'some·ness n.

adjective

1. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone: desolate, forlorn, lonely, lorn. See happy/unhappy.
2. Lacking the company of others: alone, companionless, lone, lonely, single, solitary, unaccompanied. See include/exclude.
3. Empty of people: deserted, desolate, forlorn, godforsaken, lonely, unfrequented. See full/empty/capacity.
4. Far from centers of human population: back, insular, isolated, lonely, obscure, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, secluded, solitary. Idioms: off the beatenpathtrack. See near/far/distance.

adj

Definition: forlorn, friendless
Antonyms: befriended, loved, unlonesome

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Marked by dejection from being alone.

A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. — Herbert V. Prochnow

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ensom
n. - enlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
eenzaam, eenzaammakend, verlaten, moederziel alleen

Français (French)
adj. - solitaire
n. - solitaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - einsam
n. - Einsamkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μοναχικός, απομονωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
solitario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - solitário, triste

Русский (Russian)
собственная персона, одинокий, заброшенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - solo, solitario, aislado
n. - solitario, desierto, triste, desolado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ensam, utan sällskap, enslig, öde, ödslig, ensam och övergiven, ensligt belägen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
寂寞的, 自己, 本人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 寂寞的
n. - 自己, 本人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 외로운, 쓸쓸한, 고립된, 황량한
n. - 단 혼자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 寂しい, 心細い, 人里離れた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) موحش شاعر بالوحشه, موحش مهجور غير مطروق, منعزل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בודד, עזוב, חש בדידות, גורם להרגשת בדידות, מדכא, ערירי, שומם‬
n. - ‮לבד, לעצמו‬

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