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to jilt

to jilt

14 7.4
To suddenly leave a partner in a careless, unkind way
  • verb
  • /dʒɪlt/
translation icon : dejar plantado
  • The story tells of a jilted woman who has gone on to marry someone else.
  • jilted lover
  • jilted bride
  • jilted fiancé

Examples

  • - A month after you jilted me.

  • Does being jilted at the altar count when it's your rehearsal day?

  • Too bad you got jilted, you look so hot.

  • It's said, when he was young, his sweetheart jilted him.

  • After all, being jilted isn't exactly fun for any girl.

  • Miss Day was jilted some years later, we heard, her virtue lost and her reputation ruined.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Mickey's been jilted.

  • She felt heartbroken after her fiancé decided to jilt her just before the wedding.

  • He never imagined that his longtime girlfriend would suddenly jilt him for another man.

  • When she learned he had jilted her, all her friends rallied to support her.

Synonyms

to dump
vsto jilt
  • Informal
501 5.1

To end a romantic relationship suddenly and without care

is a sudden cold abandonment of a partner rather than a careful breakup
to betray
vsto jilt
397 4.2

Let someone down when they need you

is a sudden, emotionless romantic rejection rather than a trust failure
spurned
vsto jilt
6.4

Rejected suddenly by a person you love or want to be with

is the active act of leaving a partner in a cold way
to drop like an anvil
vsto jilt
  • Informal
9.7

To suddenly and completely stop supporting something

is used for lovers and shows callous, sudden rejection

Antonyms

793 1.0

To take something someone offers, for example a gift or invitation

How Harsh

to abandon
773 3.1
to jilt
14 7.4
to dump
  • Informal
501 5.1
to break up with
  • Informal
417 3.4

Surface Forms

jilt infinitive
jilted past
jilted past participle
jilting present participle
jilts third person singular

Etymology

Jilt may come from the name Jill, and one popular story says the name was used for a woman who tricked or cheated lovers. That's why to jilt someone means 'to reject' or 'abandon' them suddenly, often in an unkind way.