LOVELORN meaning: Desperately longing for unreturned love

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word lovelorn:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

lovelorn: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lovelorn, the lovelorn: Merriam-Webster
lovelorn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
lovelorn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
lovelorn: Collins English Dictionary
lovelorn: Vocabulary.com
Lovelorn, lovelorn: Wordnik
lovelorn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
lovelorn: Wiktionary
lovelorn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
lovelorn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
lovelorn: Infoplease Dictionary
Lovelorn, lovelorn: Dictionary.com
Lovelorn (album), Lovelorn, The Lovelorn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Lovelorn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
lovelorn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
lovelorn: Rhymezone
Lovelorn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
lovelorn: FreeDictionary.org
lovelorn: Mnemonic Dictionary
lovelorn: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

lovelorn: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See lovelornness as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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

Opposite:

content, satisfied

Types:

lovesick, heartbroken, pining, unrequited, more...

Colors:

dusty rose, mauve, lavender, pale pink, blush, more...

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