lovelorn

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lovelorn

/lʌvˈlɔɹn/ US

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From love + lorn.

adjective more lovelorn · most lovelorn

Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love. 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.
Unloved, bereft of love.
Similar: loveless

noun lovelorns

A person who is lovelorn. 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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adj being lorn by love

Deutsch	liebeskrank

adj unloved, bereft of love

Tiếng Việt	phụ tình

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@misc{lovelorn_2026,
  title = {lovelorn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lovelorn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}