lovelorn
3
7.9
- adjective
- /ˈlʌvˌlɔrn/
:
desamorado
- Voices begging for a cease-fire were coming through a lot clearer, as was the last tormented cry of a lovelorn musician walking home from a late-night party or an early bird vendor chanting her prices on the street.
- lovelorn stalkers
- lovelorn songs
- lovelorn man
And one of them told me about how his grandmother had been chased by the lovelorn beast for quite some time the the earlier in the week.
- And one of them told me about how his grandmother had been chased by the lovelorn beast for quite some time the the earlier in the week.
Examples
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The lovelorn major.
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A lovelorn teenager—perfect.
Fiction book (1993) -
What's with the lovelorn girl?
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And the most recent addition to the lot, stylish confidants to lovelorn women.
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Underneath its branches... Stands a lovelorn maid, Thinking of the horseman.
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Even singing church music, which was all Tate sang in public, he had a crooning, lovelorn quality he could not help.
Fiction book (1995) -
If they tried to ignore her, her crying would escalate from a lovelorn whimper to a jealous wail of betrayal.
Fiction book (1999) -
Klebold, on the other hand, was anxious and lovelorn, summing up his life at one point in his journal as "the most miserable existence in the history of time," Langman notes.
Blog text (31) -
The lovelorn man who Sick in soul and of this Busy human heart aweary Worships the spirit Of unconscious life In tree or wildflower Gentle lunatic
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The lovelorn poet wrote heart-wrenching verses about his unreturned feelings.
Synonyms
67
3.2
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
19
7.5
Feeling very sad and alone because someone you love or something important is missing
9
4.6
Feeling unhappy and unable to think about someone, especially when they do not love you back
7
3.7
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
3
7.0
Suddenly left by the person you love
Not loved or cared for by others
Antonyms
How Heartbroken
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lovelorn comes from love + the old word lorn, which meant 'lost' or 'alone'. So a lovelorn person is someone who feels 'lost' and sad because their love is not returned or is gone.