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loverless

loverless adjective: without a lover.

Adjective

loverless (not comparable)

  1. Without a lover.
    • Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution of purse.1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette
    • Forlorn and loverless as the wild sea, / Long have I lain alone, longing for thee […]1902-1905, Bliss Carman, The Pipes of Pan
    Synonyms:
    celibate, single

Synonyms of loverless

Origin of loverless

From lover + -less.

Questions about loverless

What does loverless mean?
Loverless means without a lover.
What part of speech is loverless?
Loverless is an adjective.

Words near loverless in the dictionary

  1. Loveridge
  2. Loveridges
  3. lovering
  4. loveringite
  5. Loverings
  6. loverless
  7. loverlike
  8. loverliness
  9. loverly
  10. loverman
  11. lovermen

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