"lonesome" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈləʊnsəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈloʊnsəm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lonesome.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more lonesome [comparative], most lonesome [superlative]
Etymology: From lone + -some, mid-17th century. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|lone|some|pos=adjective}} lone + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} lonesome (comparative more lonesome, superlative most lonesome)
  1. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely. Categories (topical): Emotions Derived forms: high lonesome sound Translations (unhappy due to being alone): самотен (samoten) (Bulgarian), 寂寞 (jìmò) (Chinese Mandarin), yksinäinen (Finnish), solitaire (French), señardoso (Galician), einsam (German), solitario [masculine] (Italian), 寂しい (sabishii) (alt: さびしい) (Japanese), sōlitārius (Latin), sunyi (Malay), sepi (Malay), ensom [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), یالڭز (yalñız) (Ottoman Turkish), samotny (Polish), solitário (Portuguese), одино́кий (odinókij) (Russian), aonaranach (Scottish Gaelic), uaigneach (Scottish Gaelic), solitario (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lonesome-en-adj-xejGOLcj Disambiguation of Emotions: 65 35 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -some, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -some: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lanesome [Scotland]

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈləʊnsəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈloʊnsəm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lonesome.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lonesomes [plural]
Etymology: From lone + -some, mid-17th century. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|lone|some|pos=adjective}} lone + -some Head templates: {{en-noun}} lonesome (plural lonesomes)
  1. (informal) Oneself alone. Tags: informal Derived forms: by one's lonesome, on one's lonesome
    Sense id: en-lonesome-en-noun-WS3vrX5p Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -some, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -some: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lanesome [Scotland]

Inflected forms

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