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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Lonely = “LOHN-lee”
ออกเสียง Lonesome = “LOHN-suhm”
NECTEC’s Lexitron-2 Dictionary
ให้คำแปล Lonely = Adj. เดียวดาย ขาดมิตรภาพ
ให้คำแปล Lonesome = Adj. เงียบเหงา
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 the place of human habitation.”
Lonesome, rather than lonely, is more often used
to mean “isolated,” “desolated,” 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 sensethat lonely and lonesome mean “alone”
one of man’s greatest achievements is to be alone
and yet possess such inner resources
that he feels neither lonely nor lonesome.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for Lonely & lonesome
ALONE, SOLITARY, LONELY, LONESOME,
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
