The child is lonesome for its mother.
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Lonesome
/ˈləʊnsəm/
Synonyms for "lonesome" (60 found)
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obscureout-of-the-wayoutcastrejectedremoteremovedretiredrootlesssecretseparateseparatedsingle handedsingle-handedsolitarysolounabettedunaccompaniedunaidedunassistedunattended
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Adjective(4 words)
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2 entriesdescriptive adjectiveemotional state adjective
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6 entriesbecome lonesomefeel lonesomelonesome desklonesome feelinglonesome nightlonesome road
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12 total sentences available.
She looks lonesome.
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You feel lonesome, don't you?
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As I stood upon the bluff before my cottage on that clear cold night in the early part of March, 1886, the noble Hudson flowing like the grey and silent spectre of a dead river below me, I felt again the strange, compelling influence of the mighty god of war, my beloved Mars, which for ten long and lonesome years I had implored with outstretched arms to carry me back to my lost love.
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