Usually means: Intense longing for someone absent.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word lovesickness:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. lovesickness: Merriam-Webster
  2. lovesickness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lovesickness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lovesickness: Vocabulary.com
  5. lovesickness: Wordnik
  6. lovesickness: Wiktionary
  7. lovesickness: Dictionary.com
  8. Lovesickness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. lovesickness: Rhymezone
  10. lovesickness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. lovesickness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. lovesickness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lovesickness: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lovesickness)

▸ noun:  The property or quality of being lovesick.

Similar:
lovelornness, lovingness, smittenness, loverliness, amorousness, lickerishness, romanticalness, longingness, lustfulness, lustiness, more...

Opposite:
indifference, apathy, disinterest

Types:
unrequited love, love sickness, love pangs, love-struck, love-sick, more...

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Similar:
lovelornness, lovingness, smittenness, loverliness, amorousness, lickerishness, romanticalness, longingness, lustfulness, lustiness, more...

Opposite:
indifference, apathy, disinterest

Types:
unrequited love, love sickness, love pangs, love-struck, love-sick, more...



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