Definitions

1. adjective

somewhere gone, but not necessarily lost

“The tourists were gonesome, having left their belongings in the airport.”

2. noun

a feeling of being homesick or nostalgic for a place or time that is gone

“The old man felt a pang of gonesome for his childhood home.”

3. adverb

having gone somewhere, especially somewhere remote or isolated

“The hikers had to navigate through the dense forest, becoming gonesome in the process.”