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Meanings of jilted in English

Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning.

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Usage of jilted in English
1
Suppose you have been jilted in a way which wounds your vanity.
The Analysis of Mind
2
And because of it I will not suffer myself to be jilted.
The Keeper of the Door
3
The end of it was, she jilted me and married the son.'
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
4
She jilted a cripple for a very fine specimen of the race.
Cecilia de Noël
5
Anyway, Renaud was a jilted wizard in the castle for sixteen years.
The spirit thief
6
Or maybe it was Persephone, since she was feeling jealous and jilted.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
7
The Jew, at any rate, shall not be jilted by the Christian.
Nina Balatka
8
It will be a fine thing to be jilted by a Jew.
Nina Balatka
9
This fatal power she employed against the man who had jilted her.
The Marriage Contract
10
It usually ends up with one party feeling like a jilted lover.
The Irish Times
11
I know a man who jilted a girl on her wedding day.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
12
He told the court he had been jilted by a wealthy girlfriend.
Reuters
13
But I jilted you, as you were man enough to tell me.
The Claverings
14
To-night the chance has come, thanks to the girl who jilted me.
A Terrible Secret: A Novel
15
We talk of jilted lovers and disappointed girls marrying 'out of spite.'
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 / A Magazi...
16
We thought he'd jilted her, and instead of that she's jilted him.
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United Kingdom
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