lovesick

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/ˈlʌvsɪk/

adjective

Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of unrequited or unfulfilled love.

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fancy-sickunhappy
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Meanings

adjectivelovesick (comparative more lovesick, superlative most lovesick)

comparative more lovesick · superlative most lovesick

  1. Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of unrequited or unfulfilled love.

    And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon.

    1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86
    1 more example

    I'm sick of love / I hear the clock tick / This kind of love / I'm lovesick

    1997, Bob Dylan, “Love Sick”, in Time Out of Mind

    Synonyms: fancy-sick

  2. Having an aching desire for one's beloved.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveBehaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of unrequited or unfulfilled love.

Similar
fancy-sick

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelanguishing because of love

Similar
unhappy
Also see
besottedloved-uptwitterpatedunhappy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From love + sick.

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Translations

Arabic مريض العشق
  • مريض العشقhaving an aching desire for one's beloved
Chinese Mandarin 相思病, 相思病
  • 相思病 (xiāngsībìng)behaving oddly due to love
  • 相思病 (xiāngsībìng)having an aching desire for one's beloved
Dutch vlinders in je buik
  • vlinders in je buikhaving an aching desire for one's beloved
Finnish rakastunut, rakkaudesta sekaisin
  • rakastunutbehaving oddly due to love
  • rakkaudesta sekaisinbehaving oddly due to love
  • ikävöivähaving an aching desire for one's beloved
French énamouré, languissant
  • énamourébehaving oddly due to love
  • languissanthaving an aching desire for one's beloved
German liebeskrank
  • liebeskrankhaving an aching desire for one's beloved
Malay angau
  • angauhaving an aching desire for one's beloved
Māori wewehe
  • wewehehaving an aching desire for one's beloved
Russian томящийся от любви
  • томящийся от любви (tomjaščijsja ot ljubvi)having an aching desire for one's beloved
Spanish enamorado, enculado
  • enamoradohaving an aching desire for one's beloved
  • enculadohaving an aching desire for one's beloved
  • clavadohaving an aching desire for one's beloved
Turkish kara sevdalı
  • kara sevdalıhaving an aching desire for one's beloved
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Chicago

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