gonesome

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adjective

Synonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”).

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Meanings

adjectivegonesome (comparative more gonesome, superlative most gonesome)

comparative more gonesome · superlative most gonesome

  1. UScolloquialregionalSynonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”).

    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."

    2011, Dorothy Scarborough, The Wind, page 102

    Synonyms: gone

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”).

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gone

Origin

From gone + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

osmogenegenosome
Cite this entry
APA

gonesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonesome

MLA

“gonesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonesome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonesome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonesome.

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