Definition of Lonesome

Lonesome

Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.

Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome.

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Lonesome Quotations

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.
T. S. Eliot

Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.
Babe Ruth

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
Edward Abbey

To this day, I still think Lonesome Dove is my best part.
Robert Duvall

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
Carl Sandburg

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

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.
Emily Carr

My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic.
Jane Horrocks

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.
Leon Redbone

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

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Lonesome Translations

lonesome in French is solitaire
lonesome in Norwegian is ensom
lonesome in Spanish is solitario
lonesome in Swedish is enslig, ensam

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