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[ luhv-lis ] / ˈlʌv lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR loveless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout any love: a loveless marriage. feeling no love. receiving no love; unloved. Origin of lovelessFirst recorded in 1275–1325, loveless is from the Middle English word loveles.See love, -less OTHER WORDS FROM lovelesslove·less·ly, adverblove·less·ness, nounWords nearby lovelesslove-in-idleness, Lovejoy, love knot, Lovelace, Loveland, loveless, love letter, love-lies-bleeding, love life, Lovell, lovelock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lovelessRepresenting “Loveless” is a Grant member whom Vaillant refers to as “Sam Lovelace.” What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life|Dan Slater|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST “Like many of the Loveless men, it was hard for him to let love in,” writes Vaillant. What Harvard’s Grant Study Reveals about Happiness and Life|Dan Slater|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST Loveless is an ex-Confederate scientist who hopes to get back at the North for winning the Civil War. Brad Pitt and More Oscar Nominees’ Most Embarrassing Roles (Video)|Marlow Stern|February 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST Washington could never have married a poor woman, but neither could he have tolerated a cold and loveless marriage. Wes Clark on Washington|General Wesley K. Clark|October 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
But the marriage was loveless and lonely and McRay found herself meandering the manicured grounds, plotting her escape. Hollywood's Kept Women|Gina Piccalo|October 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST Normal, formal, and colourless, she was what was to be expected of a loveless marriage. The Turtles of Tasman|Jack London By no stretch of imagination could she picture herself like the infirm and loveless creature before her. Life and Gabriella|Ellen Glasgow Loveless marriage was reprobated by Tennyson, and Mr. Hughes goes into ecstacies over the tremendous fact. Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote He meditates upon his loveless life and the burthen of riches. Certain Personal Matters|H. G. Wells Not seldom a nun broke her vow and preferred excommunication to a loveless existence. Women of the Teutonic Nations|Hermann Schoenfeld
British Dictionary definitions for loveless
adjectivewithout lovea loveless marriage receiving or giving no love Derived forms of lovelesslovelessly, adverblovelessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lovelessforsaken, refused, unloved, disliked, spurned, cold, cruel, hard, insensitive, ruthless |