"unrequited love" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} unrequited love (uncountable)
  1. Love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired. Wikipedia link: unrequited love Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Love Translations (love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired): անպատասխան սեր (anpatasxan ser) (Armenian), несподелена любов (nespodelena ljubov) [feminine] (Bulgarian), amor no correspost [masculine] (Catalan), 單相思 (Chinese Mandarin), 单相思 (dānxiāngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 單戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 单恋 (dānliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), onbeantwoorde liefde (Dutch), nereciproka amo (Esperanto), yksipuolinen rakkaus (Finnish), vastakaiuton rakkaus (Finnish), amour non récompensé [masculine] (French), amour non échangé [masculine] (French), amour non partagé [masculine] (French), amour non-réciproqué [masculine] (French), unerwiderte Liebe [feminine] (German), απλήρωτη αγάπη (aplíroti agápi) [feminine] (Greek), אהבה נכזבת (ahaˈva niχˈzevet) [feminine] (Hebrew), אהבה חד־צדדית (ahaˈva χad t͡sdaˈdit) [feminine] (Hebrew), óendurgoldin ást [feminine] (Icelandic), cinta tak berbalas (Indonesian), cinta bertepuk sebelah tangan (Indonesian), grá gan chúiteamh [masculine] (Irish), amore non corrisposto [masculine] (Italian), 片思い (kataomoi) (alt: かたおもい) (Japanese), 짝사랑 (jjaksarang) (Korean), amor non reciprocatus [masculine] (Latin), mate konehe (Maori), amor não correspondido [masculine] (Portuguese), неразделённая любо́вь (nerazdeljónnaja ljubóvʹ) [feminine] (Russian), любо́вь без взаи́мности (ljubóvʹ bez vzaímnosti) [feminine] (Russian), безотве́тная любо́вь (bezotvétnaja ljubóvʹ) [feminine] (Russian), gràdh neo-dhìolta [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), neopätovaná láska [feminine] (Slovak), amor no correspondido [masculine] (Spanish), obesvarad kärlek [common-gender] (Swedish), karşılıksız aşk (Turkish), platonik aşk (Turkish), tình yêu đơn phương (Vietnamese), tình đơn phương (Vietnamese), cariad annychweledig [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gràdh neo-dhìolta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neopätovaná láska"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amor no correspondido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "obesvarad kärlek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "word": "karşılıksız aşk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "word": "platonik aşk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "word": "tình yêu đơn phương"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "word": "tình đơn phương"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cariad annychweledig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unrequited love"
}

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