Lovelorn

/lʌvˈlɔɹn/ · adjective

Meaning

Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love..

Definitions by Sense

1. Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love.
2. Unloved, bereft of love.
3. A person who is lovelorn.

Example Sentences

Ye lovesick bards! repay her scorn for scorn; / Ye artists lovelorn! madmen that ye are, / Make your best bow to her and bid adieu / Then, if she likes it, she will follow you.

A soft-breasted bird from the sea / Fell in love with the light-house flame; / And it wheeled round the tower on its airiest wing, / And floated and cried like a lovelorn thing;

And when there's a price involved, she can help others but - not herself. She gives advice to the lovelorn every day but she's never been in love herself. Or so I've heard.

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• more lovelorn
• most lovelorn
• lovelorns

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