Definitions
unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
Word origin
From love + lorn.
Used in a sentence
“Ye lovesick bards! repay her scorn for scorn; / Ye artists lovelorn! madmen that ye are, / Make your best bow to her and bid adieu / Then, if she likes it, she will follow you.”
“A soft-breasted bird from the sea / Fell in love with the light-house flame; / And it wheeled round the tower on its airiest wing, / And floated and cried like a lovelorn thing;”
“And when there's a price involved, she can help others but - not herself. She gives advice to the lovelorn every day but she's never been in love herself. Or so I've heard.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Unhappy after heartbreak”8 letters
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