lonesome



on (one's) lonesome

Completely alone. Primarily heard in UK. My friends have all gone on holiday and left me here on my lonesome. You can't leave a boy that young on his lonesome! He needs to be supervised all the time!
See also: lonesome, on

all by (one's) lonesome

Completely alone. My roommate left town for the weekend, so I'm here all by my lonesome.
See also: all, lonesome

all by one's lonesome

Rur. all alone; by oneself. Mary's folks went out and left her all by her lonesome.
See also: all, lonesome

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chandra-Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Hemingr-Ancient Scandinavian
Sacheverellsə-SHEV-ər-əlEnglish (Rare)
Yolande-French
Bairnsfather['bɛənz.fa:ðə]
Thad[θæd]