"lovelorn" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /lʌvˈlɔɹn/ [General-American] Forms: more lovelorn [comparative], most lovelorn [superlative]
Etymology: From 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: 59 38 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 14 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 12 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 11 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 67 27 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 26 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 63 26 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 42 14 44
  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): Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 42 14 44 Disambiguation of 'being lorn by love': 38 62 Disambiguation of 'unloved, bereft of love': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lovelornness

Noun

IPA: /lʌvˈlɔɹn/ [General-American] Forms: lovelorns [plural]
Etymology: From 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 Categories (other): Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 42 14 44

Inflected forms

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