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- pronunciation:
- lon
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
sad or depressed because of being isolated or without friends or companions.
Many sailors felt lonesome at sea, missing their families back home.- synonyms:
- lonely
- similar words:
- alone, desolate, down, forlorn, forsaken, low, melancholy, unfriended
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| definition 2: |
causing or accompanying such a feeling.
The singer poured out her soul in a lonesome ballad.- similar words:
- blue, melancholy, sad
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| definition 3: |
empty of human presence; unfrequented; deserted.
With so many young people having left for the city, our town became a lonesome place.- 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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