Lovesick
(adjective)
- Miserable because of unrequited or lost love.
- Feeling sad, depressed, or lovesick as a result of unrequited love or the loss of a loved one.
Origin:
Compound word of "love" and "sick".
Examples:
- He was lovesick for the woman who had left him.
- She was lovesick and couldn't eat or sleep.
- The lovesick poet wrote sad and melancholic verses.
- The lovesick student was unable to concentrate on his studies.
- The lovesick person's behavior became increasingly erratic and irrational.