Meanings
plural jilts
- A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
And has she been long a Jilt? has she practiſed the Trade for any Time?
1683, Thomas Otway, The Soldiers Fortune
present singular third person jilts · participle present jilting · participle past jilted · past jilted
- transitiveTo cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 4, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 201 more example
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نابذة لحبيبها, نَبَذَ
- نابذة لحبيبها (nābiḏa liḥabībihā)woman who jilts a lover
- نَبَذَ (nabaḏa)to jilt
- أَهْمَلَ (ʔahmala)to jilt
Chinese Mandarin 拋棄 /抛弃, 甩
- 拋棄 /抛弃 (pāoqì)to jilt
- 甩 (shuǎi)to jilt
Czech dát kopačky (komu), pustit k vodě (koho)
- dát kopačky (komu)to jilt
- pustit k vodě (koho)to jilt
- nechat plavat (koho)to jilt
- dát košemto jilt
Dutch in de steek laten, verlaten
- in de steek latento jilt
- verlatento jilt
- dumpento jilt
Esperanto forlasito, forlasi
- forlasitowoman who jilts a lover
- forlasito jilt
Finnish petollinen nainen, pettää
- petollinen nainenwoman who jilts a lover
- pettääto jilt
French plaquer, quitter
- plaquerto jilt
- quitterto jilt
- abandonnerto jilt
German den Laufpass geben, verlassen
- den Laufpass gebento jilt
- verlassento jilt
- fallen lassento jilt
- sitzen lassento jilt
- einen Korb gebento jilt
- verladento jilt
Hungarian szerelmesét elhagyó nő, elhagy
- szerelmesét elhagyó nőwoman who jilts a lover
- elhagyto jilt
- otthagyto jilt
- faképnél hagyto jilt
Italian piantare, rompere
- piantareto jilt
- rompereto jilt
- dare bucato jilt
Japanese 振る, ふる
- 振る (furu)to jilt
- ふる (furu)to jilt
- 振り捨てる (furisuteru)to jilt
- 捨てる (suteru)to jilt
Russian изме́нница, обма́нщица
- изме́нница (izménnica)woman who jilts a lover
- обма́нщица (obmánščica)woman who jilts a lover
- броса́ть (brosátʹ)to jilt
- бро́сить (brósitʹ)to jilt
Slovak rozísť sa (s niekým), dať/dostať kopačky
- rozísť sa (s niekým)to jilt
- dať/dostať kopačkyto jilt
- zahýbaťto jilt
Spanish dejar, cortar
- dejarto jilt
- cortarto jilt
- plantarto jilt
- dar calabazasto jilt
- plancharto jilt
Swedish dumpa
- dumpato jilt
Urdu جھانسا دینا
- جھانسا دیناto jilt
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with jilt
Cite this entry
jilt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jilt
“jilt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jilt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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