lonesome

einsam

Traurig, weil man allein ist oder niemanden hat, mit dem man etwas teilen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Sad because you are alone or have nobody to share things with.

• I feel lonesome tonight.
• He grew lonesome after his friends left.
• Do you ever get lonesome living so far from home?

So benutzt man es: lonesome for someone/something (She was lonesome for her family.)

Synonyme: lonely

Häufige Wendungen: feel lonesome, lonesome person, get lonesome

einsam, abgelegen

Weit von anderen Menschen entfernt, mit wenig Betrieb oder Gesellschaft.

In einfachem Englisch: Far from other people, with very little activity or company.

• We followed a lonesome road.
• Their cabin stood in a lonesome valley.
• The lonesome hills stretched beyond the last village.

Synonyme: lonely, remote, isolated

Gegenteile: busy, crowded

Häufige Wendungen: lonesome road, lonesome valley, lonesome place

allein, ganz allein

Man selbst ohne jemand anderen, meist in der Wendung „by your lonesome“.

In einfachem Englisch: Yourself without anyone else, usually in the expression 'by your' followed by this word.

• I went by my lonesome.
• He sat on the porch all by his lonesome.
• Are you spending the evening by your lonesome?

So benutzt man es: by someone's lonesome (She ate dinner all by her lonesome.)

Synonyme: self

Häufige Wendungen: by my lonesome, by your lonesome, by his lonesome