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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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