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Meanings of lovesickness 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
Usage of lovesickness in English
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
6
He had learned what lovesickness was.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
7
No lovesickness afflicts its male inhabitants.
The new yorker
8
Strict watch was kept for the smallest sign of venereal disease - the only type of lovesickness he ever suffered.
Complete Books of Blood
9
She had thought herself over her lovesickness; now she knew differently, yet she was resolved once more to suppress it and do her duty.
The lady elizabeth
10
"Well, nothing like fighting barbarians to shake you out of your lovesickness," Marcellus said.
Cleopatra's Moon
11
Generally his expression carried lovesickness to the point of outright queasiness.
The new yorker
12
He is suffering with lovesickness, and has a heart to let.
A Romance of Youth — Volume 3
13
You know my passion for you and my lovesickness
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
14
And Jasmine hid, to find out whether this was lovesickness for her friend or not.
Twenty-Two Goblins
15
Heartbreak is alluded to, and the drift into lovesickness.
The Guardian
16
He had learned what lovesickness was.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
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