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Lonesome vs Loathsome - What's the difference?

lonesome | loathsome |

As adjectives the difference between lonesome and loathsome

is that lonesome is unhappy due to being alone; lonely while loathsome is highly offensive; sickening, abominable.

As a noun lonesome

is (informal) oneself alone.

lonesome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unhappy due to being alone; lonely

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) oneself alone
  • * I sat and watched the cars pass all by my lonesome .

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    loathsome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • highly offensive; sickening, abominable

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "loathsome" is often applied: disease, creature, thing, person, man, woman, dungeon, place, world, smell, act.

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