About The Word Lonesome
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Lonesome
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What's The Definition Of Lonesome?
[adj] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lonesome: dejected | lonely Related Terms | Find terms related to Lonesome: abandoned | alienated | all alone | alone | aloof | apart | companionless | deserted | detached | devious | estranged | forsaken | friendless | homeless | in solitude | insular | isolated | kithless | lone | lonely | outcast | out-of-the-way | rejected | remote | removed | retired | rootless | secret | separate | separated | single-handed | solitary | solo | unabetted | unaccompanied | unaided | unassisted | unattended | unescorted | unpopular | unseconded | unsupported | unwelcome | withdrawn See Also | Lonesome In Webster's Dictionary \Lone"some\, a. [Compar. {Lonesomer}; superl.
{Lonesomest}.]
1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings;
solitary.
Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear
and dread. --Coleridge.
2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to
feel lonesome. -- {Lone"some*ly}, adv. --
{Lone"some*ness}, n.
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