lovelorn

adjective

love·lorn ˈləv-ˌlȯrn

: bereft of love or of a lover

letters from lovelorn soldiers

lovelornness

ˈləv-ˌlȯrn-nəs

noun

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Why Not Take Care of Your Kid?' A passenger train plays host to a case of mistaken identity when young, lovelorn newlyweds Deepak Kumar (Sparsh Shrivastava) and Phool Kumari (Nitanshi Goel) are separated in an accidental spouse swap en route to the former’s village. —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024 Who would attribute the claustrophobic Zone of Interest soundtrack to the producer of Tirzah’s lovelorn R&B, or the avant-rock of Good Sad Happy Bad to the lo-fi stylist behind Ruff Dog? —

Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024 It’s well sung, obviously, and Cynthia Erivo fares best in the scenes where Elphaba is lovelorn and teary-eyed. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024 The late Patrick Swayze, PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive in 1991, played a hunky, lovelorn spirit in 1990's Ghost. —

John Russell, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lovelorn