lonesome

Adjective

• marked by dejection from being alone
  • felt sad and lonely
    
  • the loneliest night of the week
    
  • lonesome when her husband is away
    
  • spent a lonesome hour in the bar
    

• being the only one; single and isolated from others
  • the lone doctor in the entire county
    
  • a lonesome pine
    
  • an only child
    
  • the sole heir
    
  • the sole example
    
  • a solitary instance of cowardice
    
  • a solitary speck in the sky
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lonely , lone(a) , lonesome(a) , only(a) , sole(a) , solitary(a)