lovelorn
adjective
love·lorn
ˈləv-ˌlȯrn 
: bereft of love or of a lover
letters from lovelorn soldiers
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Occasionally, Brown, who makes mesmerizing, lovelorn music under the name Nourished by Time, is a serenader reaching for the style of Jodeci or SWV—sinewy, solicitous, but alien underneath the ad-libbing.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Pisces are known for their tenderness and lovelorn sentiments, which is why Luca aligns with the Water sign.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
In it, Stone plays a classic lovelorn office worker not-so-secretly pining for Andy Samberg.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
The chewiest came in 2015, when she was cast in the off-the-wall FXX comedy Man Seeking Woman as the protagonist’s lovelorn sister.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Pisces are known for their tenderness and lovelorn sentiments, which is why Luca aligns with the Water sign.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
In it, Stone plays a classic lovelorn office worker not-so-secretly pining for Andy Samberg.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
The chewiest came in 2015, when she was cast in the off-the-wall FXX comedy Man Seeking Woman as the protagonist’s lovelorn sister.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Lovelorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovelorn. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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lovelorn
adjective
love·lorn
ˈləv-ˌlȯ(ə)rn
: deprived of or deserted by one's lover
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