"lovelorn" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /lʌvˈlɔɹn/ [General-American] Forms: more lovelorn [comparative], most lovelorn [superlative]
Etymology: love + lorn Etymology templates: {{com|en|love|lorn}} love + lorn Head templates: {{en-adj}} lovelorn (comparative more lovelorn, superlative most lovelorn)
  1. Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love. Categories (topical): Love
    Sense id: en-lovelorn-en-adj-yg1GyWz- Disambiguation of Love: 55 44 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 5
  2. Unloved, bereft of love. Synonyms: loveless Translations (being lorn by love): нещастно влюбен (neštastno vljuben) (Bulgarian), liebeskrank (German), elskovssyk (Norwegian Bokmål) Translations (unloved, bereft of love): phụ tình (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-lovelorn-en-adj-5N3RdV5J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 65 4 Disambiguation of 'being lorn by love': 38 62 Disambiguation of 'unloved, bereft of love': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lovelornness

Noun [English]

IPA: /lʌvˈlɔɹn/ [General-American] Forms: lovelorns [plural]
Etymology: love + lorn Etymology templates: {{com|en|love|lorn}} love + lorn Head templates: {{en-noun}} lovelorn (plural lovelorns)
  1. A person who is lovelorn.
    Sense id: en-lovelorn-en-noun-bx32MMix

Inflected forms

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