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Meaning of lonesome

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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},
         {lonesome}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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