different between lonesome vs abandoned

English

Alternative forms

• lanesome (Scotland)

Etymology

From lone +? -some, mid-17th century.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?ns?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??ns?m/
• Hyphenation: lone?some

Adjective

lonesome (comparative more lonesome, superlative most lonesome)

1. Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.

Derived terms

• high lonesome sound

Translations

Noun

lonesome (plural lonesomes)

1. (informal) Oneself alone.

   I sat and watched the cars pass all by my lonesome.

Derived terms

• on one's lonesome

English

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Translations

Verb

abandoned

1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

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