lonesome

seul, solitaire

Triste parce qu’on est seul ou qu’on n’a personne avec qui partager des moments ou des expériences.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : lonesome for someone/something (She was lonesome for her family.)

Synonymes : lonely

Expressions courantes : feel lonesome, lonesome person, get lonesome

isolé, désert

Éloigné des autres, avec très peu de monde ou d’activité.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : lonely, remote, isolated

Contraires : busy, crowded

Expressions courantes : lonesome road, lonesome valley, lonesome place

soi-même, tout seul

Soi-même sans aucune compagnie, généralement dans l’expression « by your lonesome ».

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : by someone's lonesome (She ate dinner all by her lonesome.)

Synonymes : self

Expressions courantes : by my lonesome, by your lonesome, by his lonesome