loveless
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈlʌv.ləs/
- Many people fear ending up in a loveless marriage without any emotional connection.
- a loveless marriage
- a loveless life
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Watch on YouTubeAnd yet here's this loveless shell of a house.
- And yet here's this loveless shell of a house.
- I'm sitting here today as a loveless man who has no hope.
- If you have loveless work, you're a worse worker.
- So since I'm completely unwilling to be in a loveless marriage, how do we grow together?
- I, I realise our marriage is, is loveless.
- And then we frown on two out of three of those behaviors, but we don't frown on staying the loveless relationship.
- So she's in this marriage that is, you know, at best loveless and at worst hateful.
Examples
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Two affairs, a loveless marriage...
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Here's a loser trapped in a dead-end job... and a... a loveless marriage.
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Do you want a loveless marriage?
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The other leads to loveless poverty.
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As often as not, many people will spend their lives in a loveless existence after the kids are gone.
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I'm sitting here today as a loveless man who has no hope.
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You know, maybe they're in a loveless marriage.
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My parents have been married for over 20 years, and it is one of those loveless, soul-sucking unions.
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So she's in this marriage that is, you know, at best loveless and at worst hateful.
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Daniel Plainview is an oilman whose seemingly loveless nature is matched only by his competitive hunger.
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Synonyms
372
4.4
Unfriendly and distant in feeling or action
76
4.1
Not showing kindness or sympathy to others
33
6.3
Cold and showing no warm or deep feeling
17
7.5
Feeling very sad and alone because someone you love or something important is missing
15
3.4
Not cared for or shown affection
13
5.9
Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings
10
5.5
Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice
4
7.2
Not showing any feeling or kindness to others
4
6.6
Showing no feeling and little energy
2
5.6
Not showing care or warmth to other people
1
9.3
A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice
1
6.5
Not showing love or warm feelings to others
1
9.6
Not feeling sorry for other people
1
9.3
Not loved or cared for by others
Does not feel or show care for other people
Antonyms
How Loving
185
3.4
527
1.0
49
2.2
14
4.2
372
4.4
86
4.9
1
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loveless is made of love and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So, just like careless means 'without care', loveless means 'without love' and describes a cold or empty relationship or home.