"hopeless romantic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hopeless romantics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hopeless romantic (plural hopeless romantics)
  1. A person who strongly desires a successful romantic relationship, but struggles greatly to find or maintain one in practice. Categories (topical): Stock characters
    Sense id: en-hopeless_romantic-en-noun-nIxiylvy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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