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lone·some
 lonesome
- pronunciation:
- lon
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- features:
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
sad or depressed because of being isolated or without friends or companions.
- synonyms:
- lonely
- similar words:
- alone, desolate, down, forlorn, forsaken, low, melancholy, unfriended
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| definition 2: |
causing or accompanying such a feeling.
lonesome music- similar words:
- blue, melancholy, sad
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| definition 3: |
empty of human presence; unfrequented; deserted.
a small, lonesome town- synonyms:
- deserted, desolate, lonely, unfrequented
- similar words:
- forsaken, isolated, out-of-the-way, uninhabited
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| derivations: |
lonesomely (adv.), lonesomeness (n.) |
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