Meaning of LONESOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'lownsum
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dejected, lonely |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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unabetted, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unattended, unescorted, unpopular, unseconded, unsupported, unwelcome, withdrawn |
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