jiltverb [ T ]
uk/dʒɪlt/us/dʒɪlt/to finish a romantic relationship with someone suddenly and unkindly:
He jilted her for his best friend's sister.
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Relationships: ending & divorce
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order
- annul
- break up
- break-up
- child support
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- go off with sb
- grow
- grow apart
- push
- split
- split up
- throw
- throw sb over
- tug of love
- visitation
- walk
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jilted
adjective uk/ˈdʒɪl.tɪd/us/ˈdʒɪl.tɪd/
Her jilted boyfriend has sworn revenge on her new husband.