lovesick
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈlʌvˌsɪk/
:
enamorado
- Feeling lovesick, she couldn't concentrate on her studies and kept daydreaming about him.
- lovesick puppy
- lovesick kid
- lovesick girl
Examples
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He is lovesick, longing for her even though she doesn't feel the same way.
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But he stuck around like a lovesick puppy.
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I should be ashamed of myself down here acting like some lovesick college girl.
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For sure you were lovesick when you were a teenager.
Blog text (1) -
The way he's staring out to sea like a lovesick sailor.
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He's just a lovesick kid, that's all.
Fiction book (1990) -
I feel... lovesick.
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Laurel watches her conflicted, slightly lovesick sister.
Fiction book (1996) -
She stares with a lovesick expression at Daddy, who is absorbed in paper.
Fiction book (1991) -
She's lovesick.
Synonyms
19
7.5
Feeling very sad and alone because someone you love or something important is missing
7
3.7
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
6
6.3
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
3
7.9
Feeling sad because someone you love does not love you back
Antonyms
How Lovesick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lovesick is simply love + sick, where sick means 'ill', so the idea is being 'ill with' love. Like homesick, which means 'missing home', lovesick describes feeling unhappy or unable to think of anything but the person you love.