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How to pronounce lonesome in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lonely


lonesome when her husband is away.
spent a lonesome hour in the bar.
Type Words
Synonyms lone, only, sole, solitary
Derivation lonesomeness


a lonesome pine.

Examples of lonesome

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Lonesome George, the last giant tortoise of his species, native of Pinta Island.
From the theepochtimes.com
She's poor, often depressed and lonesome for the friends she had in Wake County.
From the newsobserver.com
The marathon probably felt just like one of Macias's lonesome training sessions.
From the kansas.com
Find a lonesome, winding road, and get the car into third gear, its sweet spot.
From the sfgate.com
The east beaches are very quiet and the west are also quiet and lonesome beaches.
From the en.wikipedia.org
American cannot integrate a formerly non-integrated state all by its lonesome.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
I tuned into Maori TV and the studio conversation seemed a bit stark and lonesome.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Carman blamed their marital fracture on the lonesome strains of military life.
From the boston.com
That means the places that allow it go all-out to attract lonesome cigar fans.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Lone(a): being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"
  • Lonely: marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"
  • (lonesomeness) aloneness: a disposition toward being alone
  • "Lonesome" is a song by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law, produced by Rick Parashar and released as the first single from the band's 1998 album Unwritten Law.
  • Oneself alone; unhappy due to being alone; lonely
  • Acting with no other allied units nearby may result in lowered evasion.