Gonesome

adj, slang

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”). US, colloquial, regional

    "As they settled themselves at the table, he observed with gloom, "I hope you've got a gonesome feelin' round yore waistband, 'cause if you ain't, this here fodder won't seem tasty.""

Synonyms

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gone

Example

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"As they settled themselves at the table, he observed with gloom, "I hope you've got a gonesome feelin' round yore waistband, 'cause if you ain't, this here fodder won't seem tasty.""

Etymology

From gone + -some.

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