loveless

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adjective

Without love.

“Theirs was a loveless marriage: they stayed together even though they didn't care for each other.”

Similar
unlovingunloved
OriginMiddle English loveles →
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Meanings

loveless1

adjectiveloveless (comparative more loveless, superlative most loveless)

comparative more loveless · superlative most loveless

  1. Without love.

    Theirs was a loveless marriage: they stayed together even though they didn't care for each other.

Loveless2

proper nounLoveless (countable and uncountable, plural Lovelesses)

plural Lovelesses

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewithout love

Similar
unloving

adjectivereceiving no love

Similar
unloved
Also see
lovelornsexlessunloving

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

loveless · adjective

  1. Middle Englishloveles
  2. Englishloveless

From Middle English loveles; equivalent to love + -less.

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Loveless · proper noun

Variant of Lovelace.

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Translations

Bengali প্রেমহীন
  • প্রেমহীন (premohin)without love
Chinese Mandarin 無愛情的 /无爱情的
  • 無愛情的 /无爱情的 (wú àiqíng de)without love
Danish kærlighedsløs
  • kærlighedsløswithout love
Dutch liefdeloos
  • liefdelooswithout love
Esperanto senama
  • senamawithout love
Finnish rakkaudeton
  • rakkaudetonwithout love
French sans amour
  • sans amourwithout love
German ohne Liebe, lieblos
  • ohne Liebewithout love
  • liebloswithout love
  • herzloswithout love
Norwegian kjærlighetsløst
  • kjærlighetsløstwithout love
Portuguese sem amor, desamoroso
  • sem amorwithout love
  • desamorosowithout love
Russian без любви́
  • без любви́ (bez ljubví)without love
Spanish desamorado
  • desamoradowithout love
Swedish kärlekslös
  • kärlekslöswithout love
Turkish sevgisiz
  • sevgisizwithout love
Cite this entry
APA

loveless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loveless

MLA

“loveless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loveless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loveless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loveless.

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