lovesick

adjective

love·​sick ˈləv-ˌsik 

: longing for, marked by, or expressive of a desire for romantic love

As the play begins, the Duke is like a lovesick teenager who listens to the same melancholy tune over and over as he dreams of the object of his affection.

—Tanya Grosz and Linda Wendler

"I'd trade a thousand roses for just one hand to hold," went one line of the lovesick songs [Allison Moorer] sang …

—Kevin McKeough

(humorous) News of a lovesick moose brought visitors by the carload to the farm …

—Faith McNulty

lovesickness noun

Traipsing about Europe in a state of weepy lovesickness over an Italian man …

—Daniel Lewis

Examples of lovesick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James After learning French to woo Bianca as the lovesick Cameron, Gordon-Levitt continued to steal our hearts in other film appearances, most notably the 2009 indie hit (500) Days of Summer. —Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025

He is said to have created the rice dish plov to heal a young prince who was lovesick after being banned from marrying a craftsman’s daughter. —Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025

But between the copy-paste pessimism and lovesick mumbling, there’s a handful of artists on the edge of the underground rewiring guitars in inventive ways. —Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025

Oh brings sultry dynamism to the deceptively complex Olivia, while Dinklage runs away with the show as the limber and lovesick Malvolio. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lovesick

• geodesic
• mesic
• pesach

Kids Definition

lovesick

adjective

love·​sick ˈləv-ˌsik 

1

: weak with love

2

: expressing a lover's desire

lovesick poems

lovesickness noun