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lonesome |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lonesome \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lonesome adj 1: 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" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)}, {solitary(a)}] 2: 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" [syn: {lonely}]
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