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Meanings of lover's grief in English

Emotional and sometimes physical suffering because of unfulfilled or rejected love.

Synonyms
Examples for "lovelorn"
Examples for "lovelorn"
1
A lovelorn British earl fakes amnesia to win back his estranged wife.
Wired
2
He wandered in the garden and mourned in a lovelorn way.
Twenty-Two Goblins
3
His lovelorn state had grown worse and he found the delay too long.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
4
The season has been equally unpropitious to the lovelorn Phoebe Wilkins.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
5
But for the lovelorn, sometimes the odds of it happening seem exasperatingly slim.
The Irish Times
1
Generally his expression carried lovesickness to the point of outright queasiness.
The new yorker
2
He is suffering with lovesickness, and has a heart to let.
A Romance of Youth — Volume 3
3
You know my passion for you and my lovesickness
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
4
And Jasmine hid, to find out whether this was lovesickness for her friend or not.
Twenty-Two Goblins
5
Heartbreak is alluded to, and the drift into lovesickness.
The Guardian