fall out of love

verb

To cease to be in love (with someone).

Opposite

Meanings

verbfall out of love (third-person singular simple present falls out of love, present participle falling out of love, simple past fell out of love, past participle fallen out of love)

present singular third person falls out of love · participle present falling out of love · past fell out of love · participle past fallen out of love

  1. To cease to be in love (with someone).
    1 more example

    Should it come to pass, however, that we do not satisfy or meet all of each other's needs and fiction arises and we fall out of love, then it is clear thata dreadful mistake was made, we misread the stars, we did not hook up with our one and only perfect match, what we thought was love was not real or “true” love, and nothing can be done about the situation except to live unhappily ever after or get divorced.

    2012, M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

Translations

Bulgarian разлюбвам, разлюбя
  • разлюбвам (razljubvam)cease to be in love — see also unlove
  • разлюбя (razljubja)cease to be in love — see also unlove
Catalan desenamorar
  • desenamorarcease to be in love — see also unlove
French désaimer
  • désaimercease to be in love — see also unlove
German sich entlieben
  • sich entliebencease to be in love — see also unlove
Hungarian kiszeret
  • kiszeretcease to be in love — see also unlove
Italian disamorarsi, disamare
  • disamorarsicease to be in love — see also unlove
  • disamarecease to be in love — see also unlove
Polish odkochiwać się, odkochać się
  • odkochiwać sięcease to be in love — see also unlove
  • odkochać sięcease to be in love — see also unlove
Portuguese desapaixonar, desamar
  • desapaixonarcease to be in love — see also unlove
  • desamarcease to be in love — see also unlove
Romanian dezîndrăgosti, deziubi
  • dezîndrăgosticease to be in love — see also unlove
  • deziubicease to be in love — see also unlove
Russian разлюби́ть
  • разлюби́ть (razljubítʹ)cease to be in love — see also unlove
Spanish desenamorar, desamar
  • desenamorarcease to be in love — see also unlove
  • desamarcease to be in love — see also unlove
Cite this entry
APA

fall out of love. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20out%20of%20love

MLA

“fall out of love.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20out%20of%20love. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fall out of love,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20out%20of%20love.

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