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Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
Oscar Levant

Meaning of "lonesome" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LONESOME

lonesome  [ˈləʊnsəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONESOME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lonesome can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LONESOME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lonesome

Lonesome is a 1928 silent film by Hungarian-born American director Paul Fejös. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. In 2010, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on August 28, 2012 as part of The Criterion Collection.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LONESOME


burdensome
ˈbɜːdənsəm
burthensome
ˈbɜːðənsəm
greensome
ˈɡriːnsəm
hansom
ˈhænsəm
overburdensome
ˌəʊvərˈbɜːdənsəm
ownsome
ˈəʊnsəm
pensum
ˈpɛnsəm
ransom
ˈrænsəm
Ransome
ˈrænsəm
responsum
rɪˈspɒnsəm
sensum
ˈsɛnsəm
transom
ˈtrænsəm
unhandsome
ʌnˈhænsəm
winsome
ˈwɪnsəm
yawnsome
ˈjɔːnsəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LONESOME

lone hand
lone mother
lone pair
lone parent
lone star state
lone wolf
lone-parent family
lonelier
loneliest
lonelily
loneliness
lonely
lonely hearts
lonely hearts ad
lonely hearts club
lonely hearts column
loneness
loner
lonesomely
lonesomeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONESOME

adventuresome
blithesome
bunglesome
cuddlesome
dolesome
gamesome
gruesome
lithesome
lovesome
meddlesome
mettlesome
nettlesome
on one´s lonesome
some
threesome
tiresome
troublesome
unawesome
unwholesome
venturesome
wholesome

Synonyms and antonyms of lonesome in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LONESOME»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lonesome» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lonesome

Translation of «lonesome» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONESOME

Find out the translation of lonesome to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lonesome from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lonesome» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寂寞的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

solitario
570 millions of speakers

English

lonesome
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अकेला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَحِيْدٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одинокий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একাকী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

solitaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesunyian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einsam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

孤独の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외로운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lonesome
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cô đơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனிமையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकाकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalnız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

solitario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osamotniony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

усамітнений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuprins de dor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοναχικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eensaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ensam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ensom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lonesome

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONESOME»

The term «lonesome» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONESOME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lonesome

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10 QUOTES WITH «LONESOME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lonesome.
1
Edward Abbey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
2
Emily Carr
Life's an awfully lonesome affair. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.
3
David Edwards
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are doing... what they all went through. It's not just a song, see?
4
David Edwards
You play a 'lowdown dirty shame slow and lonesome, my mama dead, my papa across the sea I ain't dead but I'm just supposed to be' blues. You can take that same blues, make it uptempo, a shuffle blues, that's what rock n' roll did with it. So blues ain't going nowhere. Ain't goin' nowhere.
5
David Edwards
I'd probably sit around the house and get lonesome if I didn't have something to do.
6
David Edwards
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling.
7
T. S. Eliot
Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.
8
Andy Griffith
Lonesome Rhodes had wild mood swings. He'd be very happy, he'd be very said, he'd be very angry, very depressed, and I had to pull all of these emotions out of myself. And it wasn't easy.
9
Oscar Levant
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
10
Ashley Monroe
When I sing, I go somewhere else. Every time after I sing, I'll ask, 'Did I do OK?' Because I feel like it's like my soul squeezing out of my vocal chords. I don't sit there and think about 'I'm gonna do this next...' I just sing. I sing from my heart, and my heart's got a little lonesome in it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONESOME»

Discover the use of lonesome in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lonesome and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lonesome Dove
It ends as a journey into the heart of every adventurer who ever lived . . . From the author of The Last Picture Show and Texasville – here is Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece.
Larry Mcmurtry, 2011
2
High Lonesome: The American Culture of Country Music
A close-up look at country music argues that it has become a national art form, reflecting the same themes that have characterized American art and literature over three centuries
Cecelia Tichi, 1994
3
Lonesome: Memoirs of a Wilderness Dog
She would have much preferred a life in the suburbs, “with nice safe walks in the park and a cozy bed inside the house.” Lonesome’s memoirs paint a vivid and not altogether flattering picture of her life with Chris, but as she states, ...
Chris Czajkowski, 2011
4
Lonesome Traveler
As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records life on the road in prose of pure poetry.
Jack Kerouac, 2011
5
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary ...
At first, 13-year-old Hattie and her family find the wagon train adventure exciting, but as time passes, death, disease, weather, and the terrain make it a tedious and dangerous trip.
Kristiana Gregory, 2005
6
Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Kristiana Gregory's ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE is now back in print with a gorgeous new package!
Kristiana Gregory, 2012
7
High Lonesome
High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories 1966-2006 gathers short fiction from the acclaimed author's seminal collections and includes eleven new tales that further demonstrate the breathtaking artistry and striking originality of an ...
Joyce Carol Oates, 2009
8
A Night in the Lonesome October
Snuff, a guard dog who performs thaumaturgical calculations, accompanies his master, Jack, on collecting expeditions into the Whitechapel slums of nineteenth-century London In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack ...
Roger Zelazny, 1994
9
Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers
Lonesome Melodies begins and ends in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. Carter and Ralph were born there and had an early publicity photograph taken at the Cumberland Gap.
David W. Johnson, 2013
10
Hank Williams, So Lonesome
"With his legend already firmly established, he was only twenty-nine when he died on New Year's Day 1953 (or, perhaps, New Year's Eve 1952) in the back seat of his baby-blue Cadillac headed to a concert in Canton, Ohio.
George William Koon, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONESOME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lonesome is used in the context of the following news items.
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4400 Lonesome Dove Drive - The Killeen Daily Herald: Home
... Lonesome Dove Drive. 4400 Lonesome Dove Drive, Killeen 76549. 5 beds; 2,034 sq ft. Location: 4400 Lonesome Dove Drive, Killeen 76549 ... «The Killeen Daily Herald, Jul 15»
2
Campbell, Dotson tied for lead in Lonesome Pine Invitational
BIG STONE GAP — Ben Campbell of Bristol and Matt Dotson of Wise fired 1-under par 70s Saturday to share the first-round lead in the 84th ... «Kingsport Times News, Jul 15»
3
The Lonesome Heroes play at Fort George Brewery
ASTORIA — The Lonesome Heroes, a cosmic American band from Austin, Texas, will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 19 at the Fort George ... «Coast Weekend, Jul 15»
4
Tim Love Dishes on the New Austin Outpost of Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove Austin opened in late June and even in these notoriously slow summer months, Love says the restaurant has been busy for ... «Zagat, Jul 15»
5
Richard Clapton: The Lonesome Voyager
Australian singer-songwriter Richard Clapton will perform his annual show in two parts alongside his long-time band member Danny Spencer. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
12 Things You Might Not Know About 'Lonesome Dove'
Commentator WF Strong says there's something all Texans really should know about Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove." Actually – make that ... «Texas Public Radio, Jul 15»
7
Hector Qirko brings some 'Field Notes' to town for a Lonesome
Hector Qirko will bring along copies of his new album, “Field Notes,” when he plays with his old band the Lonesome Coyotes on Saturday night ... «The Daily Times, Jul 15»
8
'A high, lonesome sound': Blues legend Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes to …
“It's a high, lonesome sound that gets right down inside you.” Hundrieser, a talented harmonica sideman for well-known Minnesota blues player ... «Winona Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Those lonesome I-95 traffic blues
Driving on Interstate 95, you can't miss the work on the Spanish River Boulevard interchange, which is supposed to be finished in May 2017. «Boca Raton, Jul 15»
10
Dedicated volunteers drive 'Trail of the Lonesome Pine'
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Virginia's official state outdoor drama, is in full swing right now: the show's 52nd season began on the last ... «Kingsport Times News, Jul 15»

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