2020-11-02 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L - Lonely & lonesome

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2020-11-02

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L - Lonely & lonesome

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Lonely = ‘LOHN-lee’

ออกเสียง lonesome = ‘LOHN=suhm’

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Lonely & lonesome

These words mean about the same thing

and are frequently used interchangeably.

A lonely person is likely to be lonesome because he is “without companions” or “remote from places of human habitation.”

Lonesome, rather than lonely, is

more often used to mean “isolated,” “desolate,” and “unfrequented”;

“This is a lonesome part of the forest.”

“The narrow path wound through a lonesome stretch of country.”

Lonely conveys a feeling of dejection, depression, or sadness:

“Janet was almost in tears because she felt so lonely,”

In the sense that lonely and lonesomemean “alone,”

“One of man’s greatest achievements is to be alone and yet posses such inner resources that he feels neither lonely nor lonesome.”

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for lonely

ALONE, SOLITARY, LONELY, LONESOME, LONE, FORLORN, DESOLATE

mean isolated from others.

ALONE stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes

SOLITARY may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife

LONELY adds to SOLITARY a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken

LONESOME heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life

LONE may replace LONELY or LONESOME but typically is as objective as ALONE. a lone robin pecking at the lawn

FORLORN stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child

DESOLATE implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement.

desolate after her brother's death

Choose the Right Synonym for lonesome

Adjective

ALONE, SOLITARY, LONELY, LONESOME, LONE, FORLORN, DESOLATE

mean isolated from others.

ALONE stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms. everyone needs to be alone sometimes

SOLITARY may indicate isolation as a chosen course glorying in the calm of her solitary life but more often it suggests sadness and a sense of loss. left solitary by the death of his wife

LONELY adds to SOLITARY a suggestion of longing for companionship. felt lonely and forsaken

LONESOME heightens the suggestion of sadness and poignancy. an only child often leads a lonesome life

LONE may replace LONELY or LONESOME but typically is as objective as ALONE. a lone robin pecking at the lawn

FORLORN stresses dejection, woe, and listlessness at separation from one held dear. a forlorn lost child

DESOLATE implies inconsolable grief at loss or bereavement. desolate after her brother's death

Collins COBUILD English Usage

Lonely - lonesome

1. 'lonely'

In British English, someone who is lonely

is unhappy because they are alone.

Since he left India he had been lonely and homesick.

2. 'lonesome'

American speakers sometimes say lonesome, not'lonely'.

I bet you told her how lonesome you were.

Collins COBUILD English Usage

Alone – lonely

1. 'alone'

If you are alone you are not with any other people.

I wanted to be alone.

Barbara spent most of her time alone in the flat.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'alone' in front of a noun.

For example, don't talk about 'an alone woman'.

Instead, you say 'a woman on her own'.

These holidays are popular with people on their own.

2. 'lonely'

Don't confuse alone with lonely.

If you are lonely, you are unhappy becauseyou don't have any friends or anyone to talk to.

Lonely is used either in front of a noun

or after a linking verb like be or feel.

He was a lonely little boy.

She must be very lonely here.