lovesick
/ˈlʌvsɪk/
lovesick adjective: behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of unrequited or unfulfilled love.
Adjective
lovesick (comparative more lovesick, superlative most lovesick)
- 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
- I'm sick of love / I hear the clock tick / This kind of love / I'm lovesick1997, Bob Dylan, “Love Sick”, in Time Out of Mind
- Synonyms:
- fancy-sick
- Having an aching desire for one's beloved.
lovesick meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
lovesick in Urdu
- عشق کا مارا
lovesick in Bengali
- lovesick
- প্রেমপীড়িত prempiṛito
lovesick in Malayalam
- lovelorn, pining, languishing
- പ്രേമരോഗം ബാധിച്ച, കാമാതുരനായ, കാമപീഡയുള്ള, വിധുര, പ്രേമവിവശമായ, പ്രണയപാരവശ്യമുള്ള
lovesick in Kannada
- ವಿರಹತಪ್ತ, ಕಾಮಾರ್ತ, ವಿರಹವೇದನೆಯಿಂದ ಸೊರಗಿರುವ
More languagesFewer languages
- lovesick in Arabic
- مريض العشق
- lovesick in Malay
- angau
Synonyms of lovesick
Forms of lovesick
| comparative | more lovesick |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lovesick |
Origin of lovesick
From love + sick.
Words formed from lovesick
Questions about lovesick
- What does lovesick mean?
- Lovesick means behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of unrequited or unfulfilled love.
- What is lovesick in Urdu?
- Lovesick in Urdu is عشق کا مارا. See Lovesick meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is lovesick?
- Lovesick is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lovesick?
- Lovesick is pronounced /ˈlʌvsɪk/.
Words near lovesick in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lovesick (page history and authors); lovesick (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রেমপীড়িত (Bengali) (page history and authors); lovesick (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); lovesick (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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