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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
Robert Frost

Meaning of "lovesickness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOVESICKNESS

lovesickness  [ˈlʌvsɪknɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOVESICKNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lovesickness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOVESICKNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lovesickness

Lovesickness

Lovesickness describes the informal syndrome of rejected or unrequited love or the absence of a loved one and covers physical as well as mental symptoms. It is not to be confused with the condition of being lovestruck. Although typically harmless it can for some personalities lead to serious physical or mental illness, sometimes even culminating in attempted suicide. In psychology, lovesickness is seldom acknowledged. Many people believe lovesickness to be an illness created as an explanation to longings, but it can cause depression and lead to various mental health issues. Lovesickness can make you feel either extremely sad and disappointed or very happy and over-excited.

Definition of lovesickness in the English dictionary

The definition of lovesickness in the dictionary is the condition of someone pining for love.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOVESICKNESS


airsickness
ˈɛəsɪknɪs
anti-motion-sickness
ˌæntɪˈməʊʃənˈsɪknɪs
blackness
ˈblæknɪs
bleakness
ˈbliːknɪs
chromaticness
krəʊˈmætɪknɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
gallsickness
ˈɡɔːlˌsɪknɪs
graphicness
ˈɡræfɪknɪs
greensickness
ˈɡriːnˌsɪknɪs
homesickness
ˈhəʊmsɪknɪs
likeness
ˈlaɪknɪs
lychnis
ˈlɪknɪs
quickness
ˈkwɪknɪs
seasickness
ˈsiːsɪknɪs
sickness
ˈsɪknɪs
slackness
ˈslæknɪs
slickness
ˈslɪknɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
uniqueness
juːˈniːknɪs
weakness
ˈwiːknɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOVESICKNESS

lovelorn
lovelornness
lovely
lovemaker
lovemaking
lover
lover boy
lover´s knot
lovered
loverless
loverly
loveseat
lovesick
lovesome
lovestricken
lovestruck
lovevine
loveworthy
lovey
lovey-dovey

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOVESICKNESS

African sleeping sickness
altitude sickness
blankness
business
dankness
decompression sickness
frankness
Greekness
meekness
morning sickness
motion sickness
mountain sickness
pitch darkness
Prince of Darkness
radiation sickness
semi-darkness
serum sickness
sleekness
sleeping sickness
starkness
travel-sickness

Synonyms and antonyms of lovesickness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lovesickness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOVESICKNESS

Find out the translation of lovesickness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lovesickness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lovesickness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

相思
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mal de amores
570 millions of speakers

English

lovesickness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lovesickness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وعة الحب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

любовную тоску
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lovesickness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lovesickness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chagrin d´amour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesukaan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Liebeskummer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lovesickness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lovesickness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seneng banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lovesickness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் வளர்ச்சித் திட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेमळपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lovesickness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mal d´amore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lovesickness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

любовну тугу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lovesickness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έναν ερωτευμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lovesickness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lovesickness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjærlighetssorg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lovesickness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOVESICKNESS»

The term «lovesickness» is normally little used and occupies the 109.244 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOVESICKNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lovesickness

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QUOTES WITH «LOVESICKNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lovesickness.
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Robert Frost
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOVESICKNESS»

Discover the use of lovesickness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lovesickness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Treatise on Lovesickness
This is a critical edition of Ferrand's treatise of 1610, on erotic melancholy.
Jacques Ferrand, Donald A. Beecher, Massimo Ciavolella, 1994
2
Febris Erotica: Lovesickness in the Russian Literary Imagination
In Febris Erotica, Sobol argues that Russian writers were deeply preoccupied with the nature of romantic relationships and were persistent in their use of lovesickness not simply as a traditional theme but as a way to address pressing ...
Valeria Sobol, 2010
3
Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature
With reference to the works of Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Middleton, Ford, and Davenant, Lovesickness and Gender in Early Modern English Literature investigates how early modern representations of lovesickness expose contemporary ...
Lesel Dawson, 2008
4
In Pandora's Jar: Lovesickness in Early Greek Poetry
Cyrino also works to illuminate the relationships between the early hexameter narrative poets and the archaic lyric poets who employ this imagery in their works.
Monica Silveira Cyrino, 1995
5
Images in mind: lovesickness, Spanish sentimental fiction ...
While the parameters of writing sentimental fiction and its textuality have been explored with great success, its readers and how they approached these works have been largely neglected.
Robert Folger, 2002
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Distracted Subjects: Madness and Gender in Shakespeare and ...
reveal her passions, just as Catiline murders his son to please his new wife Women's growing visibility in lovesickness discourse not only brings their desires to the forefront but importantly stimulates rethinking about all aspects of the condition ...
Carol Thomas Neely, 2004
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Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia
troubadours, like the Contessa de Dia and Castelloza, appropriate the language of the male poets, use feudal metaphors sparingly, but describe the same symptoms, suggesting that lovesickness erases the emotional differences between ...
Margaret Schaus, 2006
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Marriage in Medieval England: Law, Literature, and Practice
weakness of hope is the cause of lovesickness,44 and that lovesickness is more easily cured in women than in men: Dicendum quod amor hereos cicius et frequencius generatur in mulieribus propter debilitatem spei in eis et quia frequencius ...
Conor McCarthy, 2004
9
Melancholy, Love, and Time: Boundaries of the Self in ...
This may provide further grounds for the association of Cydippe 's lovesickness with black bile and melancholia. 58. His poem is conveniendy reproduced in Quinn 1969, 13 (I have reproduced Quinn's translation). 59. Gallus's simation is an ...
Peter Toohey, 2004
10
Hippocratic Lives and Legends
has more in common with Phaedra than Antiochus.33 Apuleius uses the context, however, to make fun of the medical acumen supposedly needed to diagnose lovesickness.34 While Apuleius parodied the medical diagnosis of lovesickness,  ...
Jody Rubin Pinault, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOVESICKNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lovesickness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Who Has Amy Schumer Dated? The 'Trainwreck' Star Kisses But …
the relationship that sent Schumer into a spiral of lovesickness was over by the second table reading. How come? According to the comedian, he turned out to ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
2
"The Peony Pavilion"
The story of female liberation in “Detachment” is perhaps more progressive than the retrograde lovesickness in “Pavilion”, but belied a rather ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
3
'Archie' Comics Have A Brand New Look, Including More Realistic …
Her personality wavers little in the face of lovesickness, whereas Betty and Veronica, from the '40s till now, have prioritized approval. But, if the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Sauvignon Blanc - the everlasting longing
All these deeply moving poems depict the beauty and agony of lovesickness with sincere and sentimental tones. After I started off learning ... «Decanter China, Jul 15»
5
Album Review: Joel Magid
[LYSERGIC LOVESICKNESS] Even psychedelic troubadours get the blues. On his second album, Joel Magid sounds heartsick and hung over, ... «Willamette Week, Jul 15»
6
Homesickness in the modern age: Does technology make you feel …
But maybe homesickness, like lovesickness, can be a good thing – perhaps there is a positive way of looking at it. Susanna Barry, a program ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
7
How Hannibal's Brilliant Food Photography Makes Cannibals Out of …
... it drags us down with him. Jacob Brogan is a Future Tense research associate. He is writing a book about the cultural history of lovesickness. «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
8
Rider alumnus stars in TBS sitcom 'Clipped'
“I relate to him on a lot of levels, especially the loyalty and lovesickness, both of which are very fun to play,” Cook says. Clipped was created by ... «News at Rider, Jun 15»
9
What Does Homesickness Mean in the Technological Age?
But maybe homesickness, like lovesickness, can be a good thing – perhaps there is a positive way of looking at it. Susanna Barry, a Senior Program Manager at ... «Gizmodo, Jun 15»
10
Hot tip: Three on-trend books of that permanent thing, poetry
... mental health, gentrification, the sex industry, chosen families, lovesickness, longing and poverty. She writes about how negative experience ... «National Post, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lovesickness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lovesickness>. May 2024 ».
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