I. ˈlōnsəm adjective
Etymology: lone + -some
1.
a. : being in a state of loneliness : affected by sadness or dejection as a result of lack of companionship or separation from others
was lonesome for the female society of my kind — W.A.White
enjoyed being abroad but was lonesome for his family
b. : causing a feeling of loneliness
how lonesome and silent the house had seemed — Gretchen Finletter
2.
a. : remote , unfrequented
like one that on a lonesome road doth walk in fear and dread — S.T.Coleridge
b. : lacking companionship : separated from others of its kind : lone
had no industries, few towns of any size, no fences, no roads, and only a lonesome railroad line or two — Newsweek
two cruisers ahead and to port of the carrier, and one lonesome destroyer on her starboard — C.A.Lockwood
Synonyms: see alone
II. noun
( -s )
: self
be nice if we had the patch all to our lonesomes — Wallace Stegner
working by his lonesome in the fields — Mary Webb