Meaning & use
lovelorn
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Unhappy or dejected because of unrequited love or the loss of a lover.
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The lovelorn poet spent weeks writing letters he never sent.
She comforted her lovelorn friend after the breakup with ice cream and old movies.
A note on using this word
Formed from 'love' plus the archaic suffix '-lorn,' meaning 'bereft of' or 'deprived of,' as in 'forlorn.'
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