unlove
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unlove¹
Where it comes from
From un- (“not; lack of”) + love (noun).
noun
- The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate. Disgust, nausea, loathing—some aspects of yourself and others surely deserve such abhorrent gut responses. But disgust doesn't create suffering— recoil does. Separation is the act of unlove.
unlove²
Where it comes from
From Middle English unloven, equivalent to un- (reversal prefix) + love (verb).
verb unloves · unloving · unloved
- To lose one's love (for someone or something). I have told you, reader, that I had learnt to love Mr. Rochester: I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me--because I might pass hours in his presence, and he would never once turn his eyes in my direction--because I saw all his attentions appropriated by a
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Talk about this word "unlove." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unlove. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unlove. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unlove "unlove." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unlove.Cite this
@misc{unlove_2026,
title = {unlove},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unlove},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
