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love·lorn

 (lŭv′lôrn′)
adj.
Bereft of love or one's lover.
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lovelorn

(ˈlʌvˌlɔːn)
adj
miserable because of unrequited love or unhappiness in love
ˈloveˌlornness n
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love•lorn

(ˈlʌvˌlɔrn)

adj.
being without love or a lover.
[1625–35]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.lovelorn - unhappy in lovelovelorn - unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
unloved - not loved
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lovelorn

adjective lovesick, mooning, slighted, pining, yearning, languishing, spurned, jilted, moping, unrequited, crossed in love He was acting like a lovelorn teenager.
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Translations

lovelorn

[ˈlʌvlɔːn] ADJ perdidamente enamorado y sin ser correspondido
to be lovelornsufrir de mal de amores
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lovelorn

[ˈlʌvlɔːrn] adjqui se languit d'amour
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lovelorn

adj (liter) personliebeskrank (liter); song, poemliebesweh (liter)
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lovelorn

[ˈlʌvˌlɔːn] adjinfelice in amore
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SCIENTISTS following the antics of a lovelorn nightjar which unexpectedly travelled more than 600 miles across the UK in a quest to find a mate have renamed the bird Marcel, after the Love Island contestant.
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