Black and Lonesome

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Black adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.

Usage example: the Friday of the stock market crash was indeed a black day for the country

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Lonesome and black are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lonesome" instead an adjective "Black".

Lonesome adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.

Usage example: the playground seems especially lonesome now that there are no young children in the neighborhood

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Black and lonesome are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Black" instead an adjective "Lonesome".

Nearby Words: lonely, lone, loner, loneliness

Bob Dylan's song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" tells the story of a wealthy white man who kills a poor black woman in 1960s Baltimore, and receives a six-month sentence in punishment.

Source: Karma Houdini / Music
Pet the Dog: The first thing Lonesome does with his Memphis TV show is hold a fundraiser for a homeless black woman.

Source: Film / A Face in the Crowd
Karma Houdini: "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll" tells the story of an upper-class white man who kills a poor black woman.

Source: Music / Bob Dylan

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