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[ luhv-lawrn ] / ˈlʌvˌlɔrn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lovelorn ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebeing without love; forsaken by one's lover. Origin of lovelornFirst recorded in 1625–35; love + lorn Words nearby lovelornlove letter, love-lies-bleeding, love life, Lovell, lovelock, lovelorn, lovely, Love makes the world go `round, lovemaking, love match, love nest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lovelornGriffith is hardly alone amongst the lovelorn, impulsive, and unfortunately tattooed. Melanie, Leave Antonio On Your Arm: The Emotional Politics of Tattoos|Lizzie Crocker|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Lovelorn Cyrano may not have exactly been a player, but Rostand certainly understood the game. Sex Advice from Cyrano|Ben Crair|July 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST But he was a square sort of chap, in his way, this lovelorn Jenkins. Superwomen|Albert Payson Terhune There are lovelorn maidens so eager to peer into the future they will even help a neighbor on wash day. Blue Ridge Country|Jean Thomas
A concave mirror at the side presents to him lovelorn longlost lugubru Booloohoom. "None nearer than Strelsau, for instance," said poor Fritz, with a lovelorn sigh. The Prisoner of Zenda|Anthony Hope But neither the "best three in five" nor the "best four in seven" gave any thing of hope or comfort to the lovelorn swain. Patty's Perversities|Arlo Bates
British Dictionary definitions for lovelorn
adjectivemiserable because of unrequited love or unhappiness in love Derived forms of lovelornlovelornness, 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 lovelornbereft, dejected, forsaken, jilted, loveless, lovesick, rejected, spurned |